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I do not understand the issue of standing either. I do not see how any US citizen would not have standing in this issue. I looked it up and still do not understand how it is determined in a case such as this. I'll read some more tomorrow when I am not as tired.
I was reading this site if anyone is interested.
Standing
Basically, a plaintiff must have suffered some direct or substantial injury or be likely to suffer such an injury if a particular wrong is not redressed. A defendant must be the party responsible for perpetrating the alleged legal wrong.
Early in the birth certificate issue, someone attempted to get it before SCOTUS and I think it was Scalia who said that particular person did not have standing and he just about quoted what I got from your article. That doesn't mean no one could ever bring it before SCOTUS only that they will have to show they have been wronged.