Standing (law)

In law, standing, or locus standi, is the requirement that a party seeking a legal remedy show a sufficient connection to, and harm from, the law or action being challenged before a court will hear the case. Standing is most clearly established where a party is directly harmed by a statute or action, but courts have also recognized it where the injury is only reasonably related to the plaintiff's circumstances, such as in cases involving a chilling effect on speech, and some statutes, including certain environmental laws, grant standing to sue regardless of whether the plaintiff suffered a direct personal injury. In the United States, this requirement means a person generally cannot challenge a law's constitutionality unless they themselves face imminent harm from it, and a court lacking standing will dismiss the case without reaching the underlying constitutional question. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/