Bost v. Illinois Bd. of Elections · ¶39

Nor do the practical realities of running for office warrant special treatment for candidates. As Congressman Bost concedes, “candidates could probably articulate their injury in terms of a pocketbook injury” “in many election law cases.” Brief for Petitioners 21. So in addition to being unmoored from precedent, the Court's broader rule is unnecessary on Congressman Bost's own telling.

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