Judge Sullivan's ruling eviscerates the core of NSPS, leaving but a hollow shell of provisions that simply cannot stand on their own.

We're very happy with Judge Fallon's ruling.

That involves an application to a magistrate or a judge and it is subject to all of the provisions and all of the safeguards that are contained in the legislation,

There is at least one federal judge ruling on the same issue.

an inflated balloon -- impressive to look at but hollow at the core and easily punctured.

We have to bake labor provisions into the core of an agreement. TPP would do that. Under NAFTA, countries had to simply promise to uphold the laws of their own nations.