Bost v. Illinois

The 85 Fund (Honest Elections Project parent, Leonard Leo network) received M from Donor Advised Charitable Giving (2024), .5M from Schwab Charitable Fund (2022), .25M from Schwab (2023). The 85 Fund in turn funded PILF (K 2020), Federalist Society (.6M 2020, .5M 2021, .3M 2022), DonorsTrust (M 2022, M 2023, M 2021). This is the financial infrastructure behind both the Honest Elections Project amicus brief AND PILF's amicus brief in Bost.

Paul D. Clement (Clement & Murphy PLLC) served as counsel of record for petitioners in Bost v. Illinois (SCOTUS No. 24-568); T. Russell Nobile of Judicial Watch Inc served as co-counsel. Clement is former US Solicitor General under George W. Bush.

12 amicus briefs filed supporting petitioners: Republican National Committee (Consovoy McCarthy), PILF (J. Christian Adams), Honest Elections Project (Holtzman Vogel/Torchinsky), RITE (Holtzman Vogel/Ensign), Center for Election Confidence (Benbrook/Hauenschild), ACLJ (Sekulow), Phyllis Schlafly Eagles (A. Schlafly), America's Future (Olson), NRCC (Wiley Rein/Broggi), Michigan Fair Elections Institute (Mohrman Kaardal), Election Integrity Project CA (Landmark Legal/O'Neill), plus 11 state AGs led by West Virginia

Respondent side amicus briefs filed by: League of Women Voters/ACLU (counsel: Ari Savitzky, ACLU), Democratic Party of Illinois (counsel: David Fox, Elias Law Group), District of Columbia et al. (counsel: Caroline Van Zile, DC AG), Bipartisan Former Secretaries of State (counsel: Donald Sherman, CREW). Also: United States filed amicus with SG D. John Sauer; Michael Talent argued at oral argument.

Holtzman Vogel PLLC served as counsel for TWO separate amicus briefs supporting petitioners: (1) RITE, represented by Drew Ensign (former AZ Deputy SG) and Christopher Owen Murray; (2) Honest Elections Project, represented by Jason Brett Torchinsky. This dual representation links RITE and HEP through a shared law firm, both part of the Leonard Leo/Federalist Society network infrastructure for election litigation.

Network map of petitioner-side legal infrastructure: (1) PRIMARY FILER: Judicial Watch (retained Paul Clement/Clement & Murphy as outside counsel, T. Russell Nobile as in-house counsel). (2) LAW FIRM HUB: Holtzman Vogel PLLC represented both RITE (Ensign) and Honest Elections Project (Torchinsky) — two Leonard Leo network entities filing separate amicus briefs through same firm. (3) DARK MONEY CHAIN: 85 Fund (HEP parent) received M+ via donor-advised funds; 85 Fund funded PILF (K), Federalist Society (.6M), and cycled M through DonorsTrust. (4) INSTITUTIONAL PARTY SUPPORT: RNC (Consovoy McCarthy) and NRCC (Wiley Rein) filed separately. (5) GOVERNMENT: Trump SG D. John Sauer filed amicus; 11 GOP state AGs led by West Virginia. (6) RITE BOARD: includes William Barr (fmr AG), Steven Law (Senate Leadership Fund), founded by Karl Rove/Steve Wynn.

Watson v. RNC (SCOTUS No. 24-1260) is the companion case to Bost v. Illinois. Also filed by Judicial Watch on behalf of the Libertarian Party of Mississippi, with Paul Clement as oral advocate. Challenges Mississippi's 5-day grace period for mail ballots. Oral argument held March 23, 2026, same Clement/Nobile team. Together these two cases form a coordinated Judicial Watch/Clement litigation strategy to challenge post-Election Day ballot receipt laws in 14+ states.