The impact of the case could be limited, said Deborah Sivas, director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program at Stanford Law School.

“It presents a unique standing challenge, where the legislative majority is at odds with the governor and state AG,” she said, referring to Arizona’s attorney general. “In most states these days, the same party holds both the legislature and the executive branches—and the state AG would not face the same injury challenge that the Arizona legislature does here.”