Cook County Circuit Judge Tracy R. Porter decided on Wednesday – but stopped the decision till Friday in the expectation of appeal in the Illinois Appellate or Supreme Court. Primary is on March 19.
Mr. Trump’s campaign spokesman Steven Cheung responded immediately, saying, “This is an unconstitutional decision against which we will appeal immediately. ” Illinois is one of the many states that is considering declaring former President Trump unworthy due to his role in the US Capital attack on January 6, 2021 – and can it be considered a rebellion.
The case hinges on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prevents the officers who sworn to support the Constitution from serving the government when they join the rebellion. This provision was enacted in 1868 to prevent former unionities from remaining in office – and remained mostly inactive for more than 150 years.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment – also known as the Rebellion section of the Unqualification section – was never used to disqualify the President’s candidate till December in the country’s history. But that changed when the Colorado Supreme Court concluded that Mr Trump’s conduct relating to January 6 considers him unworthy for the post of president.
The court ordered him to exclude the primary vote of the state’s GOP presidential election. The case went before the Illinois State Election Board in January, but the board decided that it didn’t have the right to remove Mr. Trump from the ballot.
But later a judge gave the petition the green flag to continue his attempts to remove Mr. Trump. Hopefully the US Supreme Court will decide on this case soon. If the U.S. Supreme Court makes a decision in favor of Mr. Trump, most attempts to keep him away from polling in Illinois, Colorado, Main and other places would probably fail. CBS 2 legal analyst Irv Miller said the Supreme Court has two cases in connection with the former President, and said that as a result, the Cook County Court’s decision is absolutely meaningless. “Miller said, “”The U.S. Supreme Court has two big cases at this time – in the Colorado case he was dropped out of the vote due to the fourteenth amendment, and the question whether they have President immunity or not.” ” The US Supreme Court decided that it would hear arguments on April 22 whether Mr Trump should be exempted from prosecution
. A federal Grand Jury convicted Mr. Trump for an effort to reversed the 2020 election, and the U.S. Appeal Court rejected immunity claim earlier this month. Miller was asked if he believes the election could come in the Supreme Court himself. I hope no,” he said.
I hope this will give people a chance to go to the voting venue and vote for fair and legal election. ” The question is, after hearing arguments, how soon the U.S. Supreme Court will decide. Miller said, if they want to do that, they can hear the case on April 22 and make no decisions till July. They can also make decisions very quickly. In fact, it’s completely up to judges. “
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