Conservative and liberal organizations have filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court supporting the appeal of a lawsuit by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., challenging Illinois’ mail-in voting law.

A three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in August 2024 to uphold a district court’s ruling that Bost’s lawsuit, filed in May 2022, lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution because it did not demonstrate any harm attributable to the law, which allows mail-in ballots to be counted up to 14 days after the polls close on Election Day as if they were received on or before Election Day.

The Supreme Court last month agreed to hear the appeal in its next session; and on Tuesday, several groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Department of Justice, filed amicus briefs in support of Bost’s appeal.

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