The usual definition of standing in U.S. law is that the plaintiff must have (1) suffered some personal, particularized injury, (2) which was caused by an illegal act of the defendant, and (3) which would be cured by a decision in the plaintiff’s favor. If Keyes is basing standing on his status as a candidate, he loses at step 3, because a decision that Obama was disqualified wouldn’t hand the election to Keyes.
Hmm.
That is predicated on whether or not Obama should have been in the race to begin with, is it not? e.g. If Obama should not have been a candidate to begin with, who can say how Keyes would have done against Hillary?
By running while not being qualified, Obama poisoned the process.
Or does that not matter in the eyes of the law once Obama signed the papers and started the campaign?