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Illinois judge: Trump ineligible in state primaries

2024-02-29 10:18:18Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Illinois judge: Trump ineligible in state primaries

An Illinois judge has ruled that Donald Trump was involved in insurgency and barred him from the state's primary ballot, though she put the decision on hold pending an appeal.

Two other states, Colorado and Maine, have removed Trump from their primary ballots for violating an "insurrection" clause of the 14th Amendment. The final outcome will likely be decided by the US Supreme Court. The Illinois primary is set for March 19.

Early voting in the primaries has already begun. Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, will remain on the ballot until at least Friday, while he has time to appeal the order. Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter agreed with voters who argued that Trump had violated the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution because of his role in the January 6 riots at the Capitol.

It comes after the Colorado Supreme Court barred Trump from running in the Republican primary in December, arguing that Mr Trump's actions during the 2021 Capitol riots amounted to sedition. In her ruling, Judge Porter called Colorado's reasoning "persuasive." She argued that the state Board of Elections was wrong to reject an earlier bid to remove Trump from the ballot.

"The Illinois State Board of Elections will remove Donald J Trump from the ballot for the March 19, 2024 Primary General Election, or cause any vote cast for him to be considered invalid," she said.

A spokesman for Trump has called the decision "unconstitutional" and has vowed to appeal against it.

"Democrat front groups funded by Soros continue to try to interfere in the election and deny President Trump his rightful place on the ballot," the spokesman said.

Trump has already appealed the Colorado case to the Supreme Court. The high court heard arguments in the case earlier this month, appearing skeptical of Colorado's decision to bar Trump from the ballot. The legal challenge hinges on a Civil War-era constitutional amendment that bars anyone "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" from holding federal office.

But Supreme Court justices have asked tough questions for those representing Colorado voters in favor of Trump's ban. Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked whether there might be a "disenfranchisement effect" if voters were not allowed to decide for themselves whether they wanted Trump as president.

The Illinois judge's decision comes after the Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear another case involving Trump. The 6-3 conservative majority court will decide whether the former president has immunity that protects him from a lawsuit over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.


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