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XemaSab

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5. I did some googling for a few minutes
Wed May 23, 2012, 12:21 AM
May 2012

and it looks like *maybe* what they're trying to do is make it so that the project can't be stopped by a lawsuit.

Were the project to be hit with an injunction, the suit could take years to work itself out, and I think the people who want the high-speed rail want to get it started under this administration so that federal funds will be available.

All the articles I read about it were really vague, though.

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