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Wisconsin A.G. says the injunction applies to all states

There seems to be a disagreement over the interpretation of a federal judge’s ruling on the EPA’s Clean Water Rule. Late Thursday, U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson in North Dakota issued a preliminary injunction preventing the EPA from implementing the rule on Friday. The Obama Administration says the injunction applies only to the 13 states involved in the North Dakota suit and therefore the new rule is in effect for the remaining 37 states.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel whose state is involved in a different suit disagrees; he says; “There is well-established precedent that the federal court’s order yesterday enjoining the rule applies to all 50 states, not just to the 13 states involved in that case. We expect Wisconsin and the other states challenging the rule to seek clarification that the injunction issued by the district court in North Dakota applies nationwide.”