No. 24-568
 
Title: Michael J. Bost, et al., Petitioners
v.
Illinois State Board of Elections, et al.
Docketed: November 21, 2024
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
   Case Numbers: (23-2644)
   Decision Date: August 21, 2024
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Nov 19 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 23, 2024)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 04 2024 Waiver of right of respondent Illinois State Board of Elections, et al. to respond filed.
Main Document
Dec 11 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
Dec 23 2024 Brief amici curiae of Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 23 2024 Brief amici curiae of Members of Michigan Fair Elections Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Election Confidence, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 23 2024 Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jan 02 2025 Response Requested. (Due February 3, 2025)
Jan 15 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 3, 2025 to March 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jan 16 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 5, 2025.
Feb 25 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 5, 2025 to April 4, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Feb 26 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 4, 2025.
Mar 28 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 4, 2025 to April 14, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 31 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 14, 2025.
Apr 14 2025 Brief of respondents Illinois State Board of Elections, et al. in opposition filed.
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Apr 25 2025 Reply of petitioners Michael Bost, et al. filed.
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Apr 29 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
May 14 2025 Rescheduled.
May 19 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
May 27 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
Jun 02 2025 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 01 2025 Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Main Document
Jul 03 2025 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 22, 2025. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 26, 2025.
Jul 21 2025 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Michael Bost, et al.
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Jul 22 2025 Brief of petitioners Michael Bost, et al. filed.
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Jul 28 2025 Brief amici curiae of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, et al. filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Republican National Committee filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of League of Women Voters, et al. filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of Professor Michael T. Morley, et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Integrity Project California, Inc. filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Honest Elections Project filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of National Republican Congressional Committee, et al. filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections, et al. filed.
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Jul 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of Members of Michigan Fair Elections Institute, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jul 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Election Confidence filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Aug 12 2025 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
Aug 13 2025 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Aug 18 2025 Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Aug 18 2025 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Aug 22 2025 Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and available with the Clerk.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: Michael Bost, et al.


T. Russell Nobile
Judicial Watch, Inc.
P.O. Box 6592
Gulfport, Mississippi, MS 39506

Rnobile@judicialwatch.org
Ph: (202) 527-9866
Party name: Michael Bost, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Jane Elinor Notz
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois
115 South LaSalle Street
23rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603

JANE.NOTZ@ILAG.GOV
Ph: 312-814-5376
Party name: Illinois State Board of Elections, et al.


Alex Hemmer
Office of the Illinois Attorney General
115 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60603

alex.hemmer@ilag.gov
Ph: (312) 814-5526
Party name: Illinois State Board of Elections, et al.


Other Attorneys
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


John Christian Adams
Counsel of Record
Public Interest Legal Foundation
107 S. West Street
Suite 700
Alexandria, VA 22314

adams@publicinterestlegal.org
Ph: 703-745-5870
Party name: Public Interest Legal Foundation


Bradley Alan Benbrook
Counsel of Record
Benbrook Law Group
701 University Avenue, Suite 106
Sacramento, CA 95825

brad@benbrooklawgroup.com
Ph: 9164474900
Party name: Center for Election Confidence


Jeremy Joseph Broggi
Counsel of Record
Wiley Rein LLP
2050 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

JBROGGI@WILEY.LAW
Ph: 202-719-7000
Party name: The NRCC and The NRSC


Drew Curtis Ensign
Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel
2555 E. Camelback Road
Suite 700
Phoenix, AZ 85016

densign@holtzmanvogel.com
Ph: 602-388-1262
Party name: Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections and Honest Elections Project


Jonathon Paul Hauenschild
Counsel of Record
Center for Election Confidence, Inc.
4201 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 110-315
Arlington, VA 22203

jhauenschild@electionconfidence.org
Ph: 202-441-5487
Party name: Center for Election Confidence, Inc.


Erick G. Kaardal
Counsel of Record
Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson, P.A.
150 South Fifth Street
Suite 3100
Minneapolis, MN 55402

kaardal@mklaw.com
Ph: (612) 341-1074
Party name: Members of Michigan Fair Elections Institute, PA Fair Elections, and Wisconsin Voter Alliance


Thomas Ryan McCarthy
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

TOM@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: Republican National Committee


Michael T. Morley
Counsel of Record
Florida State University, Election Law Center
425 W. Jefferson Street
Talahassee, FL 32306

mmorley@law.fsu.edu
Ph: 8607783883
Party name: Professor Michael T. Morley And Florida State University Election Law Center


Christopher Owen Murray
Counsel of Record
First & Fourteenth, PLLC
2 N. Cascade Ave.
Suite 1430
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

chris@first-fourteenth.com
Ph: 719.428.4937
Party name: Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections and RITE PAC


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Def. Fund, Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, The Presidential Coalition, LLC, and Conservative Legal Def. and Education Fund


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, The Presidential Coalition, LLC, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


Michael James O'Neill
Counsel of Record
Landmark Legal Foundation
19415 Deerfield Ave. Suite 312
Leesburg, VA 20176

MIKE@LANDMARKLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 703-554-6100
Party name: Integrity Project California, Inc.


Ari Joseph Savitzky
Counsel of Record
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004

asavitzky@aclu.org
Ph: 2125492500
Party name: League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Illinois, American Civil Liberties Union, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., and Rutherford Institute


Andrew L. Schlafly
Counsel of Record
939 Old Chester Road
Far Hills, NJ 07931

aschlafly@aol.com
Ph: 908-719-8608
Party name: Phyllis Schlafly Eagles and Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice


Jason Brett Torchinsky
Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC
2300 N Street, NW
Ste. 643
Washington, DC 20037

JTORCHINSKY@HOLTZMANVOGEL.COM
Ph: 2027378808
Party name: Honest Elections Project


Michael Ray Williams
Counsel of Record
Office of the West Virginia Attorney General
State Capitol Complex, Bldg. 1, Rm E-26
1900 Kanawha Blvd. E
Charleston, WV 25305

mwilliams@wvago.gov
Ph: 304-558-2021
Party name: State of West Virginia and 10 Other States