- The Cook County judge sided with voters who were attempting to kick Trump off the primary ballot ahead of the state’s March 19 Republican primary
- The US Supreme Court has taken up the question of whether states can kick Trump off the ballot by using an argument about his Jan. 6 participation
An Illinois state judge has kicked former President Donald Trump off the Illinois’ Republican presidential primary ballot due to his role in the January 6th Capitol riots.
Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter ruled in favor of Illinois voters who argued Trump should be disqualified from the state’s mid-March primary ballot, as well as the November 5th general election ballot.
Voters brought their case over Trump’s behavior on January 6, 2021, when he allegedly violated the anti-insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment.
Porter delayed her ruling from taking effect in light of an unexpected appeal brought by the former president’s legal team.
An Illinois state judge has kicked former President Donald Trump off the Illinois’ Republican presidential primary ballot due to his role in the January 6th Capitol riots
Voters brought their case over Trump’s behavior on January 6 , 2021, when he allegedly violated the anti-insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment
The legal arguments to ban him from the ballot largely revolve around a novel application of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution that depends significantly upon whether or not the January 6th riots can be defined as an insurrection
Illinois is presently one of a small handful of states attempting to disqualify the likely Republican nominee for president from both the primary and general election ballots.
The legal arguments to ban him from the ballot largely revolve around a novel application of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution that depends significantly upon whether or not the January 6th riots can be defined as an insurrection.
The US Supreme Court has taken up the question after a court in Colorado attempted to do the same thing – the judicial body is expected to make a decision on the matter soon.
The court is widely expected to reject arguments that Trump should be barred from holding office.
Porter’s ruling relied heavily on the prior finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, whose decision the US Supreme Court will likely say is incorrect.
The judge wrote in her ruling that she ‘realizes the magnitude of this decision and its impact on the upcoming primary Illinois elections.’
‘The Illinois State Board of Election shall remove Donald J. Trump from the ballot for the General Primary Election on March 19, 2024, or cause any votes cast for him to be suppressed.’
