A judge in Illinois on Wednesday found former Republican President Donald Trump unconstitutional for his actions during the storming of the Capitol and ordered the removal of ballots bearing his name in the state’s Republican primary election, AFP reported Thursday.

The ruling, similar to those in Maine and Colorado, comes as the largely conservative Supreme Court, the pinnacle of the American judiciary, must decide whether Donald Trump’s actions in storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, make him unfit.

Chances that members of the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the former president are slim, as judges want to avoid suspicions of election interference at all costs, AFP notes.

However, Illinois Judge Tracy Porter, a Democrat, said Wednesday that the former president’s name must be removed from the ballot in the state’s March 19 Republican primary election, “or it will be done in such a way that the votes cast for his benefit, were suppressed.” .

“Today, a Democratic judge (…) in Illinois overturned the state’s election commission and contradicted previous decisions by dozens of other federal and other state jurisdictions,” Trump’s campaign spokesman Stephen Cheng criticized, saying he would appeal the decision.

The latter is based on the 14th amendment of the US Constitution. This amendment barred access to the highest public office to anyone who committed acts of “treason” after taking an oath to defend the Constitution. Adopted in 1868, the amendment was aimed at supporters of the Southern Confederacy, which lost during the Civil War (1861). – 1865).

Of the roughly 30 states that have filed disqualification appeals against Donald Trump, two have been successful, in Colorado and Maine. However, several states are awaiting the Supreme Court’s final decision on the matter. (Agerpress)

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