Opinion ID: 330543
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Legislator Korioth

Text: 15 Having found the proffered legs of citizen and taxpayer standing to be infirm, we turn to Korioth's assertion that the crutch of his special status as a state legislator can support this action. Several decided cases have held that in certain circumstances a legislator, in that capacity, may have standing to challenge official actions. 18 Generally, these cases have focused on allegations that the challenged action undermined the effectiveness of the exercise of a specific power of the legislator. 19 Another basis for legislator standing has been found in the duty of the legislature to investigate the acts of the executive in relation to possible impeachment, 20 although this basis for standing has been criticized. 21 Whatever the validity of these bases for legislator standing, they do not apply to Korioth he cannot allege that the effectiveness of his vote, or of any other legislative power he may have, has been impeded by the vote of a majority of the legislature to enact the regional planning scheme, nor by the action of the state executive in implementing it. No question of possible impeachment has been raised. 16 None of the cases has indicated that a legislator, simply by virtue of that status, has some special right to invoke judicial consideration of the validity of a statute passed over his objecting vote. 22 We refuse to go that far here. In the circumstances of this case, the plaintiff's seat in the legislature confers no standing.