TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .................................................... ii
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT .................................................. 1
BACKGROUND .............................................................. 2
1.    Legal Background. ................................................ 2
a.    Marsh v. Chambers .......................................... 2
b.    Murray v. Buchanan .......................................... 3
c.    Kurtz v. Baker .............................................. 4
2.    Plaintiffs Complaint ............................................... 5
ARGUMENT ................................................................. 8
I.    PLAINTIFF LACKS STANDING .......................................... 8
A.    Plaintiffs Claim That He "Applied" to be a
Congressional Chaplain Cannot Establish Standing. ...................... 8
B.    Plaintiff Cannot Establish Taxpayer Standing. .......................... 10
C.    Plaintiffs Allegations of Stigmatic mjury are
Insufficient to Establish Standing. ................................... 16
n.   CONGRESS'S CHAPLAINCY PRACTICE IS CONSTITUTIONAL. ............. 17
A.    Plaintiffs Establishment Clause Claim Is Untenable
Under Controlling Precedent. ....................................... 17
B.     Congress's Chaplaincy Practice is Consistent With
Article VTs Religious Test Clause. ................................... 19
C.    Plaintiffs Supremacy Clause Claim is Baseless. ........................ 22
CONCLUSION. ............................................................. 24