Trump appeals disqualification from Illinois Republican primary

The former president of the United States donald trump (2017-2021) appealed this Thursday against his disqualification from his party’s primaries in the state of Illinois, which a judge from that state decided for his role in the 2021 assault on the Capitol.

The former president’s lawyers had until this Friday to appeal the sentence, which had been suspended for two days to give them the time necessary to take that step.

The CNN network pointed out that its lawyers have asked the judge Tracie PorterDemocrat, to extend that pause until all possible resources have been exhausted.

“Staying the ruling until the Illinois appellate courts finally decide this case would reduce the significant risk of voter confusion and logistical difficulties for election officials.”, they wrote in their writing.

This past Wednesday, a Cook County court ordered the Illinois Board of Elections to eliminate the former president and pre-candidate from the Republican Party primary ballots, scheduled for March 19.

Following Judge Porter’s decision, Illinois It became the third state in which something similar happens, after Colorado and Maine.

In these three, the judges have relied on the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which establishes that no “member of Congress or US official“who has sworn to the Constitution and”participated in an insurrection or rebellion” may be “elected president or vice president”, among other public positions.

That text talks about “member of Congress or official” but does not explicitly mention the president, which has led Trump’s team to argue that it cannot apply to him.

The decision of Colorado was appealed to the Supreme Court and both that disqualification and that of Maine They are on hold waiting for the High Court to rule.

The hearing took place on February 8 and in it the judges, with a Republican majority, expressed reluctance about the implications that validating Trump’s veto could have at the national level for the November presidential elections.