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Cite as:  588 U. S. ____ (2019) 

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Syllabus 

anomaly of offended observer standing, and the gaping hole it tore in 
standing  doctrine  in the courts of appeals should now begin to close.  
Abandoning  offended  observer  standing  will  mean  only  a  return  to 
the  usual  demands  of  Article  III,  requiring  a  real  controversy  with 
real impact on real persons to make a federal case out of it.  Pp. 9–11. 

  ALITO,  J.,  announced  the  judgment  of  the  Court  and  delivered  the 
opinion  of  the  Court  with  respect  to  Parts  I,  II–B,  II–C, III, and IV , in 
which  ROBERTS,  C. J.,  and  BREYER,  KAGAN,  and  KAVANAUGH, JJ., joined, 
and  an  opinion  with respect to Parts II–A and II–D, in which ROBERTS, 
C. J.,  and  BREYER  and  KAVANAUGH,  JJ.,  joined.   BREYER, J., filed a con-
curring  opinion,  in  which  KAGAN,  J., joined.  KAVANAUGH, J., filed a con-
curring  opinion.    KAGAN,  J.,  filed  an  opinion  concurring in part.  THOM-
AS,  J.,  filed  an  opinion  concurring  in  the  judgment.    GORSUCH,  J.,  filed 
an  opinion  concurring  in  the  judgment,  in  which  THOMAS,  J.,  joined.  
GINSBURG,  J.,  filed  a  dissenting  opinion,  in  which  SOTOMAYOR,  J., 
joined.