• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I bet that was a Trump appointee.

    You would lose that bet. David G. Estudillo was appointed to the state judiciary by Gov. Jay Inslee and then to the federal judiciary by Biden.

    However, the article misrepresented the ruling. The actual decision (my emphasis) was:

    a plaintiff must allege an injury to “his or her business, his or her person, or his or her reputation.”

    An injury is more than a threat, it’s an actual monetary loss. To show an injury, you need to “bring the receipts” as it were. In this case, the plaintiff did not formally state their injury.