8th Circuit Rules Parents Lack Standing to Enjoin Enforcement of Law Prohibiting Masks in Schools

“Even if Plaintiffs could show injury in fact, they cannot carry their burden to establish traceability. Article III requires a showing of ‘a causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of—the injury has to be fairly traceable to the challenged action of the defendant, and not the result of the independent action of some third party not before the court,'” Judge Ralph R. Erickson said.