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To: dartuser
-- Wouldn't that then imply that no individual has standing? --

You catch on pretty quick!

And even if a person gets around the standing hurdle, the court has other widgets that keep the issue from being decided in their venue.

Election isn't over, issue isn't "ripe". A total blackout can come by saying that eligibility can't be decided by any court. That argument has been made, by the way, with a straight face. The ultimate rationale being that the court lacks the power to remove an ineligible president, that power is reserved to Congress. I think that argument is incorrect, because it eliminates check and balance, but Courts have no aversion to ruling incorrectly.

If the court doesn't want to rule, there is no way to make it rule. Although, I point to Marbury v. Madison as a case where the court found it could not rule due to lack of jurisdiction. However, in the process, it said how it would rule, if it could ;-)

87 posted on 02/12/2016 11:57:23 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
but Courts have no aversion to ruling incorrectly.

No kidding. Our history is littered with incorrect court rulings.

191 posted on 02/12/2016 12:51:45 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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