united-states civil-law defamation standing
Does the Trump campaign have standing to sue over defamation against Trump?
<p>The NY Times, the Washington Post and, most recently, CNN, are being sued for defaming Trump.  <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200306/17044744052/trump-campaign-suing-all-his-media-enemies-files-another-silly-slapp-suit-over-cnn-opinion-piece.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">However</a>:</p>

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  <p>As with the other two cases, this one is being brought on behalf of the campaign, rather than Donald Trump himself as a party.</p>
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<p>How can the Trump campaign have standing to sue for Trump?  I wouldn't think that they'd have the standing to do it.</p>

<h2>No</h2>

<p>But they aren’t suing over defamation against Trump; the are suing over (alleged) defamation of the campaign:</p>

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  <p>the Campaign "assessed the potential risks and benefits of again seeking Russia's help in 2020 and has decided to leave that option on the table." </p>
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