Illinois Judge Removes Trump From State’s Primary Ballot

In the left’s never-ending attempts to interfere in the 2024 presidential election, an Illinois judge recently barred former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot, basing his decision on the “invasion clause” of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Cook County Judge Tracie Porter paused the ruling, allowing the former president to appeal, meaning Trump will remain on the ballot until further notice.

Porter acknowledged that her “decision could not be the ultimate outcome.”

The judge’s ruling comes ahead of the state’s primary election, scheduled for March 19, 2024.

“[Porter] has reviewed the extensive body of evidence and determined that he’s disqualified from the presidency. That is a critical decision that is adding to decisions in Colorado and Maine on this point,” the attorney representing objectors to Trump, Caryn Lederer, claimed.

“What we think is incredibly important about this decision — and one thing that makes it potentially distinct from the United States Supreme Court’s review — is that Judge Porter really engaged with the evidence that was presented to her and that was before the electoral board to render a decision about what happened on Jan. 6 and President Trump’s involvement,” she said.

Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung issued a scathing rebuke of Porter’s decision, calling her “an activist Democrat judge in Illinois [who] summarily overruled the state’s board of elections and contradicted earlier decisions from dozens of other state and federal jurisdictions.”

Cheung continued by calling Porter’s ruling “unconstitutional.”

Porter’s decision comes as leftist judges across the U.S. have engaged in election interference efforts by removing the former president and leading Republican presidential frontrunner from primary ballots, citing his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol protests.

Democratic judges have claimed that Trump should be removed from the ballot because of the 14th Amendment’s “invasion clause,” which states that an individual found guilty of inciting an “insurrection” cannot hold office.

The former president has not been charged with insurrection and has not been found guilty of committing such an action or participating in it.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments from Colorado and Trump’s lawyers regarding whether the Centennial State possessed the authority to remove the former president from the ballot.