Then, by game mechanic terms, there was NO MERGER, because Terran STILL EXISTS.
This argument is dumb.
Yes, it is.
...Wait, you weren't talking about the argument you made just there? 'Cause if you were, then I'd agree with you.
Yes, of course Terran still exists. The merger hasn't been completed yet. One is not required to wait for the action to be fully carried out to begin a Magistrates case about it, especially if there is documented evidence of it being planned at the highest levels, and parts of it begun to be carried out.