An Illinois judge has decided to remove former President Donald Trump from the state's electoral ballot based on the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The judge's decision, which is paused to give the former president a brief time to appeal the measure, is based on the amendment also known as the "insurrectionist prohibition," which prohibits any official who has sworn fidelity to the Magna Carta and has attack or have rebelled against the Republic to occupy a Government office.
The ruling in Illinois follows a December 20 decision by the Colorado Supreme Court, which ruled that Trump could be expelled from the Republican primary ballot, but
left its decision on hold while the former president appeals
.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) conference in Harbor, Maryland, on February 24, 2024.Getty Images
That case is before the U.S. Supreme Court, which has already heard legal arguments in the case and is expected to make a decision.
The justices were skeptical on that occasion of the arguments to exclude former President Donald Trump from the Republican primary ballot in Colorado for his actions to try to reverse the results of the 2020 elections, during the momentous hearing that took place this year. Thursday.
A majority of the justices seemed to think, during the more than two-hour hearing, that
states have no role
in deciding whether a presidential candidate can be barred from running under a provision of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. which prohibits people who “participated in insurrection” from holding office.
The justices expressed concern that states could reach different conclusions about whether a candidate could run, and several indicated that only Congress could enforce the provision in question.
On Dec. 28, Maine's top elections official ruled that Trump
is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the
state's primary ballot next year, fueling a national effort to disqualify the former president for his attempts to overturn the election. 2020.
The decision was made by Maine Secretary of State, Democrat Shenna Bellows, and followed the ruling of the Colorado Supreme Court.