By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Thu Sep 02, 2010 at 12:09:53 PM EST
Tags: Michigan, Supreme Court, Standing, Republicans, Constitution, Controversy, Elections, Candidates, Law (all tags)
One must have a compelling interest in the outcome of a suit to bring the suit. Put another way, a sufficient stake in a challenge or action to make it a case or otherwise a controversy.
It matters only if it matters to you.
At least that is the way some cases have been ended. If you have no compelling interest, why might you bring a suit? What does the ACLU do when it wants to prove a point? It shops out for a plaintiff, the "victim" of some particular law or abrogation of what the ACLU might perceive to be rights, either real or imagined.
Indeed, some things matter to all of us, but we must suffer the wait for a "directly" affected party. ~ continue below ~
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