DOJ Opposes GOP States’ Supplemental Standing Claims In Auto Case

The Justice Department (DOJ) and a California-led state coalition are opposing a bid by GOP-led states to supplement their claims that they have standing to challenge EPA’s preemption waiver for California’s auto emissions rules, arguing the GOP states have failed to prove economic harm from the policy. Further, DOJ and the California coalition say the procedural window has closed for Republican states to supplement their arguments on the threshold issue of standing. The battle surfaces late in the briefing stage...