Dawn Keefer, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al.
JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether individual legislators have Article III standing to sue state and federal executive officials for altering the manner of federal elections in conflict with the individual legislators' successful votes to regulate the manner of federal elections in Pennsylvania pursuant to Article I's Elections Clause and Article II's Electors Clause
The Elections Clause expressly assigns state legislatures authority and duty to regulate federal elections: “[t]he Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.” Art. I, § 4, cl. 1. State legislatures, composed of individual legislators, propose, and vote for, or against election regulations. State and federal executives have no such delegated authority. This Court recognizes individual legislator standing in Constitutional subject-matter when votes are “overridden and virtually held for naught” due to legislators’ “plain, direct and adequate interest in maintaining the effectiveness of their votes.” Coleman v. Miller, 307 U.S. 433, 438 (1939). State and federal executives altered the time, place, and manner of federal elections in Pennsylvania against the democratically successful votes of individual legislators, contrary to Constitutional duty and authority assignment. Some individual legislators sued to vindicate their votes, calling to question: Whether individual legislators have Article III standing to sue state and federal executive officials for altering the manner of federal elections in conflict with the individual legislators’ successful votes to regulate the manner of federal elections in Pennsylvania pursuant to Article I’s Elections Clause and Article II’s Electors Clause.