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To: NoobRep

And why do you think every liberal whack job environmental group has standing to sue over nothing?

Rule of law in America is in serious trouble. The Second Amendment is your mine canary.


7 posted on 10/25/2008 7:38:48 AM PDT by Tarpon (Barack Obama will ban all the guns he has the votes for ...)
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To: Tarpon

IIRC, Clinton gave the enviros standing in an EO. I also recall something that shields them from being countersued because they will always be sueing the government.


8 posted on 10/25/2008 7:40:18 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: Tarpon
Rule of law in this country is DEAD. This is how everything that challenges the new socialist agenda will be dealt with - a simple dismissal based on "lack of standing".

We - the citizens of American - now lack standing to complain about our government.

13 posted on 10/25/2008 7:42:03 AM PDT by Zeddicus
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I had posted this same point earlier. How is it that leftwing groups have had standing on a host of enviromental issues, animal rights issues, and even certain Constitutional issues dealing with church and state, etc.. when they show absolutely no direct particular harm other then that which would be considered shared by all citizens.

The other aspect of this ruling is that Mr.Berg (or any citizen) is being told that he has to petition Congress for a remedy yet most of Congress holds a conflict of interest in resolving this case based upon the fact that they stand to gain themselves in how it is resolved.

Why do we have three co-equal branches of government? (Or do we?) Basically the Court has now said in this ruling that they are inferior in standing themselves on this issue to the Congress. Ridiculous.


29 posted on 10/25/2008 7:48:28 AM PDT by TheBigIf
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