In Robert Barnes’ view, “standing” is a made up legal doctrine invented by the courts so that they can use it as a procedural way to not hear cases that they don’t want to hear. It does not exist in the Constitution, and it didn’t exist until the 1920s. Courts also use ripeness, mootness, laches, and other made up procedural doctrines to avoid taking cases that they don’t want.
That’s very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
It is not completely obnoxious; in class action suits the lawyers do not have 'standing' because they have suffered no harm personally, so they try to scout up clients who perceive that they have been injured by the defendant and then the case might proceed through the courts.
It prevents greedy lawyers from just suing everyone who has a dime... however most class action lawsuits - after legal fees and expenses - yield maybe $15 for those agrieved clients. :^(