{"id":2140595,"date":"2024-01-04T16:31:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-becomes-18th-state-weighing-trump-ballot-access-challenge\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T16:33:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:33:23","slug":"illinois-becomes-18th-state-weighing-trump-ballot-access-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-becomes-18th-state-weighing-trump-ballot-access-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois joins 17 other states in considering Trump&#8217;s ballot access challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-becomes-18th-state-weighing-trump-ballot-access-challenge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2140595&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Coalition of Voters in Illinois Seeks \u200bto Keep Trump off State Ballots<\/h2>\n<p>A coalition of voters in Illinois \u200cis making a bold move to prevent former President Donald\u2063 Trump from appearing\u2063 on the state&#8217;s ballots. They \u200bare invoking the &#8220;insurrection&#8221; clause of the 14th Amendment in their attempt to\u2063 disqualify Trump from seeking office once again.<\/p>\n<p>According to a filing obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, five voters are suing the\u2064 State Board of Elections\u200b to block Trump from running as a presidential\u200c candidate in \u2062the state&#8217;s upcoming primary and general \u200celections.<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s \u2062lawyers argue \u2064that Trump should be disqualified under a provision of\u2062 the 14th Amendment, which prohibits insurrectionists from holding public office.\u200b They claim that\u200d his actions and encouragement\u200c of the rioters who stormed \u200dthe U.S. Capitol\u200c on January 6, 2021, make him unfit for office.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c Illinois election board has suggested that \u200bthe decision to invoke\u200d Section 3 of \u200bthe \u206214th Amendment should be left to the courts or the state\u200c legislature, rather than the board itself.\u200d However, the\u200c voters believe that the \u200belection board should be the \u200done to make the call.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not engaging in politics here. We&#8217;re\u200d engaging in the\u2062 application of constitutional principles,&#8221; said Matthew \u2062Piers, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mom-daughter-to-receive-100000-settlement-in-landmark-secret-gender-transition-case\/\" title=\"Mom and daughter to get 0k settlement in groundbreaking gender transition case.\">civil rights\u2062 attorney<\/a> and president of the Hughes Socol\u2062 Piers Resnick &#038; Dym law firm, which\u200d assisted in drafting the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>If the State Board of Elections defers the question to the courts, \u200dthe dispute could end up in \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-man-arrested-three-times-in-36-hours-brags-of-release-due-to-cash-bail-reform\/\" title=\"NYC Man Arrested Three Times in 36 Hours Brags of Release Due to Cash Bail Reform\">state court system<\/a> and potentially reach the Illinois Supreme Court, where \u2063Democrats hold a majority.<\/p>\n<p>This argument based\u2062 on the 14th Amendment has led to\u200c over 30 lawsuits\u2064 across the country seeking to bar Trump from\u200c state \u200cprimary \u2062ballots. Last month, the Colorado\u200d Supreme\u200c Court \u200bruled that Trump&#8217;s actions constituted insurrection and disqualified him \u2063from the ballot. A similar\u200c decision\u2062 was made \u200cby Maine&#8217;s Democratic secretary of state. Both rulings are currently on hold pending appeals.<\/p>\n<p>While Michigan and Minnesota high courts have allowed Trump to remain on primary ballots, California&#8217;s \u2063secretary of state recently decided \u200cthat he could stay on the ballot in \u2063that state as well.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lawfare, a nonpartisan group tracking such\u2063 litigation, more than 30\u2063 states have faced lawsuits attempting to remove Trump from primary\u2062 election ballots.\u2063 Some claims have been dismissed by judges, but lawsuits \u2062are still pending in 16 states, including Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has criticized \u2064these attempts to bar him \u2063from ballots, calling them\u2062 a\u200d threat to democracy and \u2063voters&#8217; \u200brights. He has labeled them \u200cas signs \u2063of a &#8220;banana republic.&#8221; Despite these\u2064 challenges, Trump remains popular among Republican \u2063voters and is leading\u2062 in the polls against other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Trump is facing 91 criminal \u200bcharges across four indictments and has requested that the Supreme Court quickly resolve these disputes.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the differing opinions among \u2063legal experts regarding \u200bthe applicability of\u200c Section 3 of the 14th Amendment \u2062in \u200bthis context, and \u200cwhat \u200bpotential legal challenges might the coalition face in their lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections<\/h2>\n<p><span>  , rather than being determined by state election officials. \u200bThis raises the\u200d question of whether the coalition&#8217;s \u2064efforts will be successful in preventing Trump from appearing on the Illinois ballots.<\/p>\n<p>The 14th Amendment, ratified \u2064in 1868, was primarily designed\u200b to grant citizenship to\u200c former slaves and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/profoundly-irresponsible-cruz-demands-answers-on-teachers-unions-anti-semitic-teach-in\/\" title=\"Cruz demands answers on anti-Semitic 'teach-in', calls it profoundly irresponsible\">ensure equal \u2063protection<\/a>\u200d under the law. However, \u200bSection 3 of the amendment specifically\u2062 addresses \u200dthe issue of \u200dinsurrection. It states that anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given\u200d aid and comfort to its enemies, shall be disqualified \u200bfrom holding any office.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition of voters in Illinois believes that Trump&#8217;s actions leading up to \u200cand during the Capitol riots fall under this\u2063 provision. They argue that his false claims of election fraud, his inflammatory rhetoric, and his encouragement \u200bof his supporters to &#8220;fight \u200dlike hell&#8221; directly contributed to \u2064the violence and insurrection that unfolded on January 6th.<\/p>\n<p>By \u200cinvoking\u2062 the 14th Amendment, the coalition\u200d hopes to not only prevent Trump from seeking office in \u2063Illinois but also send a\u2062 strong message that those who \u200cincite violence \u2063and betray the principles of democracy should face consequences.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are differing\u2063 opinions on whether\u2063 invoking the 14th Amendment can \u2062actually disqualify Trump \u2063from \u2062running for \u2064office again. Some\u200d legal experts argue that Section 3 of the\u200d amendment was primarily intended to \u2064address former \u2062Confederates and may not be applicable in this\u2062 context. They suggest that it would require legislation or another constitutional amendment to specifically address the disqualification of a former president.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 decision ultimately lies in the \u200bhands of the courts. The coalition&#8217;s lawsuit against the Illinois State\u2062 Board of \u2064Elections will likely face scrutiny and legal challenges.\u200c It remains to \u200bbe seen whether the invocation of the\u200c 14th Amendment will hold \u2064up in court and successfully prevent Trump from appearing on the Illinois state\u200b ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless\u200d of the outcome, the coalition&#8217;s \u2062efforts highlight the deep divisions within American society and the \u200dlingering consequences of the violent events that unfolded\u200b on January 6th.\u200b They also \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-tried-to-give-biden-an-edge-but-these-states-arent-cooperating\/\" title=\"Democrats attempted to boost Biden, but uncooperative states hindered their efforts.\">raise important \u2063questions<\/a> about accountability and the limits of political participation. \u200cWhile democratic principles guarantee the right to seek \u200boffice, the\u200d actions of those\u200d who incite violence and undermine the democratic process must\u200c be carefully \u2062examined and addressed to ensure the integrity \u200dof our democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Illinois voters aims to prevent Donald Trump from appearing on the state&#8217;s ballots. They are invoking the &#8220;insurrection&#8221; clause of the 14th Amendment to disqualify him from seeking office. Five voters have filed a lawsuit, arguing that Trump should be barred from running for president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2140596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2140595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2140595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2140596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2140595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2140595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2140595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}