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6th Cir. holds that the Tennessee General Assembly did not have standing to sue the federal government for allegedly violating the spending clause and the Tenth Amendment by resettling refugees in the state and thereby costing Tennessee Medicare funds. opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/1… 
Court notes that the General Assembly did not allege an injury in fact to itself (e.g., disruption to legislative process, usurpation of authority, etc.) nor had it established it was authorized to sue on behalf of the State of Tennessee (which is assigned by statute to the AG).
Here, the legislature had passed a bill saying that either the GA or the Senate could sue if the AG did not, but the governor never signed the bill.
