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Betty Binns Fletcher

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All Rise! Standing In Judge Betty Fletcher’S Court, Thomas D. Rowe Jr. Jan 2010

All Rise! Standing In Judge Betty Fletcher’S Court, Thomas D. Rowe Jr.

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In this essay, based on a talk given at the Washington Law Review’s March 2009 symposium in honor of Senior Ninth Circuit Judge Betty Binns Fletcher and her three decades of service on that court, I selectively survey her opinions on justiciability issues: standing, ripeness, mootness, and political questions. A significant starting point for this survey is Professor Richard Pierce’s 1999 law review article, Is Standing Law or Politics?, arguing that many Supreme Court votes in standing cases generally, and appellate judges’ votes in environmental-standing cases specifically, can be explained better on the basis of politics than by reference to …