Mootness
CLEP American Government, Chapter 16 Mootness : when the live dispute disappears. A case becomes moot when later events eliminate the parties' concrete stake and a court can no longer provide effective relief. If a challenged penalty is withdrawn, fully refunded, and cannot reasonably recur, there may be nothing left for a judgment to change. […]
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 […]
