Three Views on Standing
Recently the NRA challenged Philadelphia’s five illegal gun ordinances in court. The court struck down two, while dismissing challenges to the other three for lack of standing. There appear to be three schools of thought on standing:
- Uncle view: “Standing” is legalese for “I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for you
damnmeddling kids.” - Xrlq view: Standing is legalese for “Don’t you think we have enough friggin’ lawsuits in this country as it is?! Just imagine what screwy decisions we’d get if courts were open to people who had no stake in the issue being decided, or perhaps even hoped they’d ‘lose!’”
- Philadelphia Metro view: Standing is legalese for “Court gives city right to enforce some gun laws.”
H/t: David Hardy.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:34 am
[...] Meanwhile, standing in the place where you live. [...]
June 5th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Standing to me has always been, “oh yeah, well how is any of that your business?”