Posted on 02/29/2024 10:26:28 AM PST by LibertyWoman
An Illinois state judge has kicked former President Donald Trump off the Illinois' Republican presidential primary ballot due to his alleged role in the January 6 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 5 general election ballot.
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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 6 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.
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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.
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Porter removed Trump from the ballot one month after the same challenge was dismissed by the Illinois State Board of Elections - a bipartisan body that unanimously voted to throw out the case because they claimed not to have jurisdiction over the matter.
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Nicholas Nelson, one of Trump's lawyers said that January 6th can best be described as a 'political riot.' He said it was an angry mob much more so than an organized group with a series of specific legal aims.
'It was about one government act, and there’s no indication that the rioters had any plan. They were just angry,' he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Isn’t this stupid Black woman a TRAFFIC COURT JUDGE???
That’s what everyone keeps saying. I must have missed that in the article. I read that she is a Cook County Circuit Judge...is that traffic court?
These Communist SCUM and not Judges/Lawyers. They are nothing but activist P O S!!!!!!!!!!
PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!
“Even in Illinois, a court with appropriate jurisdiction is likely to vacate this decision pretty quickly.“
You think so huh? Bets?
I thought SCOTUS ruled on this already!!!
No, decision is pending.
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