[BigGuy22]

Because that would affect everyone in the country equally...

Yes. And if anyone wants to look further, the controlling precedent on this question is usually taken to be Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, a 1992 SCOTUS decision written by Antonin Scalia.

"This Court has consistently held that a plaintiff claiming only a generally available grievance about government, unconnected with a threatened concrete interest of his own, does not state an Article III case or controversy."

[Lurking Libertarian]

Yes. And if anyone wants to look further, the controlling precedent on this question is usually taken to be Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, a 1992 SCOTUS decision written by Antonin Scalia.

Exactly. Although it has old roots, the standing doctrine in its modern form was developed by conservative judges to deter liberal judicial activism.

[butterdezillion]

Why was Roe v Wade decided, when Roe had already had her baby and thus had no justiciable case according to the criteria you’re talking about?