Kris Mayes:

Well, listen, basically the ruling that the judge made in this case essentially had a lot of great language for us, and this is just the first step in what will be a long process.

She did, as you said, as you noted, deny the TRO, the temporary restraining order, but the lawsuit moves forward. And we now have the opportunity to do what she has asked us to do, which is to provide additional evidence that Elon Musk is and Donald Trump are violating the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution, that he is essentially running amuck in the federal government, and he is doing great harm to Americans.

And I would just read from her order, which says that plaintiffs, that means the states, legitimately call into question what appears to be the unchecked authority of an unelected official and an entity that was not created by Congress.

And that is what — that’s actually exactly what we are stating, that the Appointments Clause has been violated, it is being violated and that this is another example of a violation of the separation of powers.