Two months ago, Chief Justice Roberts began the Court's opinion in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections this way:
Under Article III of the Constitution, plaintiffs must have a "personal stake" in a case to have standing to sue. FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, 602 U.S. 367, 379, 144 S.Ct. 1540, 219 L.Ed.2d 121 (2024). They must, in other words, be able to answer a basic question: " 'What's it to you?' " A. Scalia, The Doctrine of Standing as an Essential Element of the Separation of Powers, 17 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 881, 882 (1983)
These sentences should be enough to reverse Judge Leon's injunction blocking the construction of the new East Wing ballroom.
