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Home Front: Politix
Illinois Democrat Judge kicks Trump off the Ballot
2024-02-29
[BBC] A judge in Illinois ruled that Donald Trump engaged in insurrection and has barred him from the state's primary ballot - though she put the ruling on hold pending an appeal.
Absolutely shocking !
Two other states - Colorado and Maine - have removed Mr Trump from their primary ballots for violating a 14th Amendment "insurrection" clause.

The final outcome will likely be decided by the US Supreme Court.

Illinois' primary election is scheduled for 19 March.

Early voting in the primary has already begun. Mr Trump - the front-runner Republican presidential candidate - will remain on the ballot until at least Friday while he has time to appeal against the order.

Cook county circuit judge Tracie Porter agreed with voters who argued Mr Trump had violated the US constitution's 14th Amendment because of his role in the 6 January Capitol riot.

It comes after Colorado's Supreme Court barred Mr Trump from appearing on the Republican primary ballot in December, arguing Mr Trump's actions during the 2021 Capitol riot amounted to insurrection.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#21  Time to start bussing large numbers of these illegals to these judges homes.
Posted by: Angealing B. Hayes4677   2024-02-29 16:39  

#20  Judge BLOCKS Texas law letting police arrest migrants who illegally enter the U.S. in dramatic move as Biden and Trump head to the border
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-02-29 14:35  

#19  She's a Traffic Court Judge

"Judge Porter currently sits in the Traffic Division in the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Chicago, where she presides over minor traffic violations and Class A Misdemeanor matters."
Posted by: Frank G   2024-02-29 13:50  

#18  Yeah, CIA and FBI misconduct too. We just need some prosecutors who are interested in actual justice. I understand they are scarce.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-02-29 13:02  

#17  Surely, there must be provisions in the law for judicial misconduct.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-02-29 13:00  

#16  /\ I'm really afraid coincidence is not a contributing factor.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-02-29 12:57  

#15  A very bad case of megalomania here.
Posted by: Tom   2024-02-29 12:54  

#14  /\ An easy 1.4 mile walk.

"Are you being served."
~ John Inman as Mr. Humphies

Posted by: Besoeker   2024-02-29 12:35  

#13  If a judge's ruling can be proven to be not just wrong but willfully wrong and politically motivated or motivated by personal reasons that would ordinarily be cause for recusal, that should be unlawful and the judge should be liable for criminal prosecution.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-02-29 12:32  

#12  Organizations in our government have meddled and controlled elections around the globe for decades. These agencies seem to have turned their focus in internal US elections, or at the very least someone has gotten their playbook. While it is against US law, bla bla bla, it seems the playbooks for this are being used. Looking at it objectively from that perspective it looks to be more than just a theory.

In 2016 all the usual team member, US and British intel agencies worked together to stir up the old Russian devil and tied the political candidate to our oldest enemy. McCain initiated it with the contractor, cut out for these agencies, and got the ball rolling. Our government was all in. When it came back too wild to believe and McCain realizing it would do no help for him he abandoned it. Hillary the ever loving woman picked it up and ran. The useful rubes at the FBI ran along in step hoping to not be outdone by the others, as they do.
When Trump won they had to double down to plan B and use a known fabricated document to discredit him. This plan work in derailing the presidents agenda for America. Not the perfect outcome, but acceptable when worked in conjunction with their information management process with the press, I.E. fake press releases, operation mockingbird etc... When he weathered that and looked to be winning heading into 2020 they did what they do best in other countries, outright fraud. Agencies have boasted they can get a vegetable elected if they can control it. And that they did. They had a drooling candidate that cant speak, a bar whore who used sex to further her career and just kept them locked up so they would not say something stupid. Then on to stuffing ballot boxes, fixing machines, and more disinformation. Biden had more voters in some areas than were registered to vote, and on and on.
But that did not seem to dismay Americans, they slimed the legal system and tried to make him a criminal. And here we are. Trump is leading in the polls for 2024. I only wonder what is next in their playbook? Some deranged right winged Christian taking a shot? A militia crazy with poison? More false flags like J6? What is next in their playbook for someone the people love that they cant control...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2024-02-29 11:21  

#11  There it is again, democrats abusing a black woman to haul their garbage.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-02-29 11:19  

#10  SO... eh.... when was he, or anyone, convicted of Insurrection?

Serious question - Nobody has even been charged...
Posted by: CrazyFool in Texas   2024-02-29 10:45  

#9  ... though she put the ruling on hold pending an appeal.

That is the tell for judicial virtue signalling. She knows that when it all plays out, nothing will change, but in the meantime, she got to give that big poopy-head Donald Trump a piece of her mind. Neener neener neener!

Question: Will the grownups ever be in charge again?
Posted by: SteveS   2024-02-29 10:32  

#8  The article doesn’t even mention a court case for her ruling. It is like she has just cast her own vote that outweighs every other potential Illinois voter. Is her middle name Saddam or Fidel?
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-02-29 10:06  

#7  Porter grew up in the Englewood community of Chicago, according to her page on the Cook County Democratic Party website. [Get the picture?] She received a bachelor's degree from Cornell College then studied at Drake University Law School for her Juris Doctorate degree.
Posted by: Huputle Cherelet4131   2024-02-29 09:24  

#6  Texas should kick EVERY democrat local, state and federal off the ballot for insurrection and treason. Let all the red states follow suit.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2024-02-29 09:03  

#5  Demoncrats following their established historical protocol of keeping people off the ballot they don't like.
Posted by: DarthVader   2024-02-29 08:22  

#4  It's strange how "saving our democracy" involves engaging in election interference. Single judge ruling someone is guilty without any trial. Hmm, what could be the motivation?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2024-02-29 08:15  

#3  
When we finally return to the Rule of Constitutional Law in 2025.

It should make the top 10 list of things to do in Operation Clean House and Restore Representation.

Arrest these Political piles of 💩 DA's and Judges, on charges of civil rights violations, and abuse of power.

If and when convicted;
Banned from all elected, appointed Gov. positions.
Banned from all Government related contracts and services.

PLUS dis-barred from the US legal system.
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-02-29 06:37  

#2  If she only had Karine Jean-Pierre hair.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-02-29 06:31  

#1  Exposed: Public Info Reveals New York AG Letitia James Lives High on the Public Hog
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-02-29 02:21  

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