is a “threshold inquiry,” which must be resolved before reaching the merits of a suit. See City of Clarkson Valley v. Mineta, 495 F.3d 567, 569 (8th Cir.2007). “To show Article disputed parcels into trust, Roberts County will lose $254.92, $259.34, $1300.86, and $1474.80, respectively, in annual property taxes. It is reasonably certain the State will be deprived of additional tax revenues, because the State is “categorically]” prohibited from laying a direct tax “on a tribe or on tribal members inside Indian country.” Okla. Tax Comm’n v. Chickasaw Nation, 515 U.S. 450, 458, 115 S.Ct. 2214, 132 L.Ed.2d 400 (1995). Thus, the State has a direct and tangible economic interest in the agency’s decision. See Akiachak Native Cmty. v. U.S. Dep’t of Interior, 584 F.Supp.2d 1, 7 (D.D.C. 2008) (<HOLDING>). To proceed on its claim, the State also must
holding that article iii standing is necessary for intervention recognizing a states interest in the loss of taxing and regulatory authority over lands taken into trust was sufficient to satisfy article iii standing holding noneconomic harm satisfies article iii standing requirements recognizing that the government not the relator must have suffered the injury in fact required for article iii standing holding that article iii standing is not a prerequisite to intervention