David B. Rivkin - Well-established Supreme Court precedents indicate that states - like the s

Well-established Supreme Court precedents indicate that states - like the states of Washington and Minnesota - have no equal-protection rights of their own, nor can they vindicate equal-protection rights of their citizens. The same is true about being able to challenge alleged religious discrimination. This limitation on the states' authority to champion such claims is fundamental to our separation-of-powers architecture.

- David B. Rivkin

source: "Is President Trump’s executive order constitutional?". www.washingtonpost.com. February 6, 2017.