Illinois rules out Trump being kicked out of state primary

Eight members of the body dismissed a lawsuit calling for Trump to be disqualified for his alleged involvement in the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

The Illinois election board, whose decision could be challenged in court, argued: Republicans have no authority to decide the constitutionality of his candidacy.

The news comes just days before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Feb. 8 in the case of why Trump was expelled from the Colorado primary.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority decision on this issue It will leave its mark on jurisprudence across the country.

At the heart of the matter is a purely legal debate about whether the 14th Amendment to the Constitution disqualifies the New York tycoon accused of participating in the “insurrection” to attack the Capitol from holding public office.

This amendment was approved in 1868, after the civil war in the United States, in an effort to prevent the return to power of southern rebels of the Confederacy who had sworn an oath to the Constitution and later betrayed it.

On December 19 last year, in an unprecedented decision in US history, the Colorado Supreme Court expelled Trump from the state’s primary election for his role in the Capitol attack, a decision that was also adopted by officials. December 28 in Maine.

Trump’s legal team challenged these measures, and the United States Supreme Court agreed to proceed with the Colorado case on January 5.

In the American electoral system, States are responsible for regulating elections with their own laws and rules.In other words, the Supreme Court’s decision will impose a single criterion throughout the country.

Trump, who has already won the primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire, is the undisputed favorite for the Republican nomination in next November’s election with current president Joe Biden.