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On the recordFebruary 5, 2017
I sued the Obama administration, in my first term as attorney general, standing was an issue there.
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Bob Ferguson
Washington

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Ferguson references his previous legal challenges against the Obama administration to highlight the importance of standing in legal cases.

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