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CHICAGO (AP) � Illinois� election board on Tuesday kept former
President Donald Trump on the state�s primary ballot, a week before
the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether his role in the Jan.
6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him from the
presidency.

The board�s unanimous ruling comes after its hearing officer, a
retired judge and Republican, found that a �preponderance of the
evidence� shows Trump is ineligible to run for president because he
violated a constitutional ban on those who �engaged in insurrection�
from holding office. But the hearing officer recommended the board let
the courts make the ultimate decision.

The eight-member board, composed of four Democrats and four
Republicans, agreed with a recommendation from its lawyer to let Trump
� the front-runner in the Republican primary � remain on the ballot by determining it didn�t have the authority to determine whether he
violated the U.S. Constitution.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-14th-amendment-insurrection-ballot-illinois-8709a8dbf12f845ed30fce22c9bff469

Well duh....

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On 1/31/2024 1:03 PM, NoBody wrote:

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former
President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before
the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether his role in the Jan.
6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him from the
presidency.

The board’s unanimous ruling comes after its hearing officer, a
retired judge and Republican, found that a “preponderance of the evidence” shows Trump is ineligible to run for president because he violated a constitutional ban on those who “engaged in insurrection”
from holding office. But the hearing officer recommended the board let
the courts make the ultimate decision.

The eight-member board, composed of four Democrats and four
Republicans, agreed with a recommendation from its lawyer to let Trump
— the front-runner in the Republican primary — remain on the ballot by determining it didn’t have the authority to determine whether he
violated the U.S. Constitution.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-14th-amendment-insurrection-ballot-illinois-8709a8dbf12f845ed30fce22c9bff469

Well duh....

More fundamentally, there's no constitutional right to own a car.

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On 2024-01-31 10:03, NoBody wrote:

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former
President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before
the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether his role in the Jan.
6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him from the
presidency.

The board’s unanimous ruling comes after its hearing officer, a
retired judge and Republican, found that a “preponderance of the evidence” shows Trump is ineligible to run for president because he violated a constitutional ban on those who “engaged in insurrection”
from holding office. But the hearing officer recommended the board let
the courts make the ultimate decision.

The eight-member board, composed of four Democrats and four
Republicans, agreed with a recommendation from its lawyer to let Trump
— the front-runner in the Republican primary — remain on the ballot by determining it didn’t have the authority to determine whether he
violated the U.S. Constitution.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-14th-amendment-insurrection-ballot-illinois-8709a8dbf12f845ed30fce22c9bff469

Well duh....

So it's not much of a victory. They just kicked the decision to the courts.

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