A veneer is defined as a thin layer covering up something else. See the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definitions.
In their latest venture into the tension between businesses and consumers, the U.S. Supreme Court 6 came down together, hard, to restrict people from suing under statutes that legislatures make available to people to sue. The Supreme Court 6 say that is not constitutional.
The veneer comes from Justice Sam Alito, one of the Supreme Court 6. He says that people do not have a leg to stand on when they sue in federal courts unless those people can show their injuries and damages up front, from the get-go. Many legal scholars parse Alito's words to see if he and the other 6 are being consistent in what they call standing "doctrine."
The only thing we need to know, as a people, is that standing is a veneer. The real doctrine is to deny people their rights under statutes that give them their rights -- at least as long as the Supreme Court 6 are on the job.
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