Bost v. Illinois Bd. of Elections · ¶87

With respect to the majority's harm-free, fair-process standing theory, Justice Barrett has the better of that argument. She correctly observes that the majority's conclusion relieves Bost “of having to show any real harm” and fails to hold him to the same standards that we apply to all other litigants. Ante, at 86 (opinion concurring in judgment). But, given the weaknesses of Bost's allegations, Justice Barrett’s standing theory would also unjustly benefit Bost, by permitting him to voluntarily spend his way into a federal forum absent any reasonable assertion that the challenged rule (as opposed to his own unsubstantiated fears and spending proclivities) has caused him to suffer an injury in fact.

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