Moore v. U.S. House of Representatives

The chancellor’s foot has never been considered a particularly satisfactory unit of measure, even for matters of relatively small public consequence. It is regrettable to see it applied, now for the fourth time in a panel opinion of this court, as a substitute for the doctrine of standing in marking off the separation of powers. I write separatély because, while agreeing that we should abstain from deciding this dispute, I *126view that abstention to be the result not of our discretion but of constitutional command. As the District Court correctly-found, these plaintiffs have no standing to press…