Christine Reule, et al. v. Austin Reeve Jackson, Judge, District Court of Texas, 114th District, et al.

This is a case that, as in the Court’s Whole Woman’s Health proceeding, the state’s actors, affirmed by the Fifth Circuit, claim that Petitioners cannot bring a constitutional challenge to an egregiously unconstitutional state statute because there is no one to sue. With no one to sue, Petitioners are said to lack Article III standing, and the statute is beyond review by a court, whether state or federal. Petitioners assert they have standing. There are conflicting decisions in four circuits. The Question Presented Is: Whether Petitioners have Article III standing to sue for prospective declaratory and injunctive relief, having sued the Texas clerks of court, local administrative judges (LAJ’s)—who Petitioners assert are acting in ministerial, not adjudicatory capacity—and the Director of the state’s Office of Court Administration.