I wish I understood who exactly does have “ standing”
So far citizens don’t, a presidental candidate doesn’t and active duty military don’t
Who does?
OR as more likely all judges will rule for odumbo
That what I’m thinking. Just who the He!! has standing?
If you read the federal rules of civil procedure, it becomes clear that we don’t have standing. There is no unique injury that is particularized and concrete to one plaintiff. Every voter suffers the same injury from an ineligible POTUS. And there is no remedy that the court can grant. The court can’t remove a sitting president.
That doesn’t mean Obama is eligible. It just means, we can’t pursue this method of removing him. We’ll have to find another way.
In brief, “standing” requires some personalized injury to the person suing. If it is an injury that befalls all Americans, then it is not personalized. This is one reason why individual taxpayers can not sue over gov’t waste. It is an injury that befalls all of us.
parsy, who hopes this helps
In order to have standing to sue, the plaintiff must generally have suffered or will suffer a real injury that is distinct from the injury suffered by the public-at-large. In my opinion, the only people with standing to challenge 0bama's constitutional qualifications to serve as POTUS are opposing candidates who had a real chance of winning the election and/or their political party.
Standing is just the first step, however. The action must also be timely, and under the laws of all if not every state, the time to challenge the qualifications of a candidate is when the name placed on the ballot, not after the election.