Bost v. Illinois Bd. of Elections · ¶61

Despite the imprecision of its analysis, the Court is clear about one thing today: Pinpointing the actual harm to candidates for elected office is no longer necessary for standing purposes. Its remarkable holding jettisons the injury-infact requirement entirely. Forget injury; political candidates need only have “a concrete and particularized interest in the rules that govern the counting of votes in their elections, regardless whether those rules harm their electoral prospects or increase the cost of their campaigns.” Ante, at 82 (emphasis added). As Justice Barrett explains, see ante, at 86 (opinion concurring in judgment), this harm-free Article III standing rule finds no support in our precedents.

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