In the decision, Justice Philip Minardo argued Malliotakis and Castorina lacked standing to challenge the law on several fronts and, while they might be entitled to heavily redacted scans of the personal information, they had not actually asked the judge to produce those as part of the case. He began his decision by quoting Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, noting the pols' attorneys had sought to connect the case to Lincoln's argument for self-government, something he dismissed.