A federal judge ruled in favor of Rick Perry:

Judge Gray H. Miller, of Federal District Court in the Southern District of Texas, ruled that the plaintiffs — the foundation and five of its Houston-area members — had suffered no concrete injury and that the governor’s invitations for Texans to join him in a day of prayer were “requests, not commands.” People offended by the governor’s prayer rally can either not attend, not pray or express their disapproval using their First Amendment rights, the judge said. He dismissed the lawsuit and the motion to stop the governor’s official participation.

This follows a recent trend of judges ruling at the the plaintiff doesn’t have standing in establishment cases. This has happened at the federal level over the National Day of Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance and in Arizona over tax credits (note: not deductions) for donations to educational institutions, most of which have been religious.

Denying citizens the ability to bring grievances against the illegal actions of their government just because it didn’t cause them direct physical or financial harm seems to be denying them some of the basic and longstanding historical privilages of citizenship.

I think it’s time for some judicial reform, to give all citizens standing when it comes to the actions of their government. After all, this government is for the people, by the people, and of the people. When the people have a grievance, it should be heard on its merits.