“(*sigh*) What the Justice Department is saying by moving to dismiss is that there are no merits, there is no case, there is no defendant with standing to sue, so the matter should be dismissed without a trial. I’m at a loss as to why people find that so hard to understand.”
What is so hard to understand is the fact that someone could assume the office of president with no qualifications to be there and our legal system offers no way to address this. To say that everyone who has tried so far has no legal standing is to say that citizens of the US ultimately have no control over what our government does. No legal standing? Every American should be recognized as having legal standing to question the government. Every single American is harmed if a usurper is in the WH. In fact, every single American is harmed as long as the question of eligibility lingers. A president “for all the people” would recognize that and try to assure even those who didn’t vote for him that he’s sensitive to their doubts and concerns. But beyond that, it’s outside the frame of reference of most Americans to think that we have no “standing” in terms of the law. Just my opinion, of course.
And since that is the case, the damage/injury is not unique to the individual plaintiff. Legal standing requires that the damages/injury be unique to the plaintiff.
I think Obama found a loophole with regard to standing. We have to find another way.