@Garsco Yes, that is sometimes a valid reason not to hear a case, although it often seems these days that it is simply the excuse made in order not to hear a controversial case. I guess we'll see.

@KeithThroop Standing is a doctrine invented by the courts to reduce their workload when there were only Circuit Courts and the Supreme Court, and the same judges sat on both. It is found nowhere in the Constitution and only appears in Common Law in the 18th century.

@Garsco, you left out "latches," "mootness," and few dozen other ways a court can find to dodge their duty.

@Garsco "Latches" applies when the case is too old to reopen. It's merely a way to codify bad rulings under stari dasis (sp), the doctrine of "Let the judgment stand."