Admin Law Practice Exam

Redressability in standing asks whether the relief the court could grant would actually remedy the plaintiff’s injury. It’s one of the essential elements of Article III standing, along with injury in fact and causation. The key idea is that the court must be able to provide relief that addresses and alleviates the harm the plaintiff suffers; otherwise, even a real injury won’t satisfy standing because there’s no court-ordered remedy that would fix it. That’s why the correct statement is that redressability means the court’s relief could remedy the injury. It covers nonmonetary as well as monetary remedies—an injunction, declaratory judgment, or other relief that stops or redresses the harm can satisfy redressability. Why the other notions aren’t right: redressability isn’t confined to agency abandonment by the defendant, and it isn’t optional or irrelevant to standing. It also isn’t limited to monetary relief; courts can satisfy redressability with various forms of relief that address the injury.