Standing
CLEP American Government, Chapter 16 Standing A citizen may care deeply about whether government obeys the Constitution and still lack authority to demand a federal ruling. Standing asks whether this plaintiff has a sufficiently concrete stake in this dispute. The core constitutional inquiry requires an injury in fact that is concrete, particularized, and actual or […]
Rule of Four
CLEP American Government, Chapter 16 Rule of Four Rule of Four. Under the Supreme Court's longstanding internal practice, four justices can vote to grant a petition for a writ of certiorari. The Rule of Four allows a substantial minority of the nine-member Court to place a case on the docket. It prevents five justices who […]
