WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed ready Wednesday to revive a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, which have been a target of President Donald Trump .

The justices are considering the narrower issue of whether a GOP congressman has the legal right, or standing, to challenge the law that allows ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if they are received up to two weeks later.

Lower courts threw out the lawsuit from Rep. Mike Bost , R-Ill., finding those votes likely had little effect on the race in his safe GOP district.

Illinois asked the justices to uphold that ruling, arguing that allowing the case to go forward would open the floodgates for more lawsuits and “cause chaos” for election officials.

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