As I pointed out above, criminal prosecution has a different standard involving intent and attempt, even if the attempt is unsuccessful. As I understand this, it's only lawsuits which have the prerequisite of actual harm to establish standing.

Which sucks, of course, as in my example of someone drugging your drink at a party; if you didn't drink it, you've suffered no harm and have no standing to sue, but they've still committed a crime by attempting to drug you and can be criminally charged.

You should be allowed to sue those who knowingly attempt to harm you by arbitrarily stripping you of your civil rights without due process of law, whether or not you choose to exercise those rights - they've still been stripped from you, whether you know it or not.

Perhaps a new category of legal action should be created, where citizens can bring complaints through the courts against government agencies which violate the law and overstep their legal authority, PRIOR to those overreaches actually harming people. After all, isn't prevention better than reparations?