So who WOULD have standing for a complaint like this? It seems like the Constitution itself will bear the greatest injury, but lately the Constitution has been having trouble finding a good attorney.
We were thinking along the same lines but I like the way you put it—who would have standing? Anyone?
The problem is that there is probably precedent that works against Mr. Berg.
And the main problem seems not to be “standing” per se, but that the Constitutional bar doesn’t actually come into play until the Electoral votes are cast in the Congress in December. That’s when the President is actually elected.
The problem with this approach is obvious. By then the damage to the social fabric is done.
I think that the right judge could and should grant Mr. Berg’s motion, and let the chips fall.
This news source is misreporting the facts according to someone I just spoke to at the FEC. They did not join the Obama campaign or the DNC in asking for a dismissal as the article claims. They simply said that they do not have standing being that they were listed as a defendant. They made no claim as to Berg’s standing in the case.