I'm hopeful this jsut means panel is taking standing seriously - perhaps seriously enough to overturn O'Connor's ruling on that basis alone. Curious whether@nicholas_bagley agrees.
Here's@jadler1969's more optimistic take. I don't share it: if the judges thought the plaintiffs lacked standing, you wouldn't ask for briefing on the intervenors, or about the status of the dist ct opinion if no one can take an appeal -- both of which the Fifth Circuit did.
We need to talk seriously that this fucking lawsuit will really be the end of the ACA.