> Clapper was a very sensible decision. The plaintiffs in the case couldn't even prove that they had been harmed! Seems very sensible, compared to how difficul

> Clapper was a very sensible decision. The plaintiffs in the case couldn't even prove that they had been harmed! Seems very sensible, compared to how difficult the search for a plaintiff with standing had been for the case that became Heller. If a civil rights activist (Parker) that received death threats had no standing to challenge DC's handgun ban, as he never tried to register a handgun (unlike Heller, who was arguably a less sympathetic defendant -- an anti-government "gun-nut", etc...), I don't see how Amnesty had standing in this case. Second amendment is actually a great example of how poor plaintiff choice often hurts civil rights causes. See Miller vs. US -- a felony charge of transporting a sawed shotgun with defendant himself being killed before decision was rendered; the outcome resulted in 70 year reign of "collective rights" interpretation of second amendment.