[ June 18, 2026 ]
How long are Americans going to stand quietly by? Disqualifying Trump is tantamount to disqualifying free and free elections.
There was no insurrection but looking back now, there should have been.
Illinois Judge Kicks Trump Off The Ballot, Says Any Votes For Him Must Be ‘Suppressed’
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Illinois judge disqualifies Trump from GOP primary ballot because of ex-prez’s role in Jan. 6
By Victor Nava, NY Post, Feb. 28, 2024,:
An Illinois judge on Wednesday barred former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s Republican primary ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol.
Illinois is the third state to remove Trump, 77, from primary ballots citing the Fourteenth Amendment’s so-called “insurrection clause,” joining Colorado and Maine.
Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter, a Democrat, paused her order until March 1, in order to give the former president time to appeal.
Porter’s decision overruled the bipartisan Illinois State Board of Elections, which dismissed a challenge to Trump’s candidacy last month after determining that it didn’t have the authority to rule on whether the GOP front-runner’s role in the riot violated the Constitution.
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“This Court shares the Colorado Supreme Court’s sentiments that did not reach its conclusion lightly,” Porter wrote in her 72-page ruling.
“This Court also realizes the magnitude of this decision and its impact on the upcoming primary Illinois elections.”
“This Court’s final determination on this issue is that [Trump] fails to meet the Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment’s disqualification provision based on engaging in insurrection on January 6, 2021, and his name should be removed from the ballot.”
The challenge to Trump’s candidacy in Illinois was spearheaded by liberal advocacy group Free Speech For People.
The Colorado Supreme Court’s December ruling booting Trump from the ballot is pending before the US Supreme Court, which is expected to rule in Trump’s favor.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, also determined in December that Trump is ineligible to appear on her state’s primary ballots.
ADVERTISEMENTEchoing the Colorado court, Bellows cited the Constitution’s insurrection clause in her order.
Her ruling is on hold pending the US Supreme Court’s decision in Trump’s appeal of the Colorado order.
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