NYT :

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared sympathetic on Wednesday to arguments by an Illinois congressman that political candidates should be able to challenge their states’ election laws.

During the approximately two-hour argument, the justices grappled with what political candidates, particularly those with nearly guaranteed success in an election, must show in order to bring a legal challenge to election rules.

The argument centered on a threshold question: What is the legal standard candidates must meet to prove they have been harmed by a rule?

If the court were to endorse an expansive definition for who can bring such challenges, it could clear the way for a flood of litigation against all sorts of state election rules, particularly from Republicans who have argued that the

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