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The United States government is asking for a rehearing en banc before the Ninth Circuit. The grounds appear to include Newdow'slack of custody of his daughter. Was the United States a party to the original case, or is there some special standing rule in this kind of case?

I'm back from looking at the caption of the case, and the answer is that everyone, including William Jefferson Clinton and the United States Congess, were defendants. I wonder if they had to be made defendants. It seems to me that suing the school district would have been enough. Just wondering.