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Ms. Toad

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5. The established enough of an argument to obtain a TRO.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 6, 2017, 11:08 PM

Feb 2017

That doesn't mean it is the final word on standing - just that they made a significant enough argument to convince the judge that he needed to preserve the status quo until a more significant review can be had.

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The big hole in the Trump administration's argument about standing [View all] Xipe Totec Feb 2017 OP

listen to the talking heads unblock Feb 2017 #1

The AGs have established standing by alleging injury to their states. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #2

That has been used before and declared nebulous and hard to quantify Xipe Totec Feb 2017 #3

Well, the federal judge seems to have bought it. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #4

The federal judge bought it sufficiently to maintain the status quo Ms. Toad Feb 2017 #7

The established enough of an argument to obtain a TRO. Ms. Toad Feb 2017 #5

Understood. Agree. However, the pushback from the Feds is that there is no standing Xipe Totec Feb 2017 #6

The economic impact to the states, at least to Washington, is not speculative. Ms. Toad Feb 2017 #9

This is their argument: The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #8