Donald Trump will be on the GOP ballot when Illinois holds its primary on March 19.
The ruling issued by an judge on Thursday is a procedural win for Trump because it extends the delay from just a few days to until the challenge plays out on appeal, which could take months.
An Illinois judge is extending a hold on a Wednesday decision barring Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot over his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, keeping the delay in place until the suit is fully resolved on appeal.
Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter, who did not allow Trump on the ballot, has agreed to extend the pause past Friday after Trump appealed her ruling on Wednesday night.
This win means Trump will be on the GOP ballot when Illinois holds its primary on March 19.
That means a similar case out of Colorado could be resolved by the US Supreme Court first, potentially negating the Illinois challenge
The US Supreme Court, the nation’s highest court is already reviewing Trump’s challenge of a similar ruling in Colorado, which may hold implications for other states.
Justice Elena Kagan cut to the heart of the matter and raised the case’s national implications: “Why should a single state have the ability to make this determination not only for their own citizens but for the rest of the nation?” she asked at that hearing.
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung earlier called the Illinois ruling “unconstitutional,” and the former president’s attorneys quickly filed a notice of appeal with the state’s appellate court.
Trump has faced numerous ballot challenges across the country with only a few deciding on the issue. Courts or election officials in 15 other states had ruled in Trump’s favor as of Thursday, according to the Lawfare blog.
Efforts to remove him from the ballot have mostly been headed up by two activists groups, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington or CREW,
and Free Speech for People, which are funded by liberal donors such as George Soros and Craig Newmark.
The procedural win for Trump was a a significant decision,” and a good news said Derek Muller, a law professor at ” University of Notre Dame”.
Now it is in the hands of True U.S. Citizens to get out and vote for Trump and help him to Make America Great Again.
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