Role of Illinois Circuit Court Judge Misrepresented in Post About Trump’s Removal from Ballot

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take The Supreme Court ruled that states may not remove former President Donald Trump from primary ballots based on the Constitution’s insurrection clause. A few days before the ruling, an Instagram post claimed a “traffic court judge” had ruled Trump shouldn’t appear on Illinois’ ballot — misrepresenting Tracie Porter’s role as an Illinois circuit court judge. Full Story The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 4 that former President Donald Trump can remain on the 2024 presidential primary ballot in Colorado. As we’ve written, challenges have been filed in at least 36 states to strike Trump from primary ballots, based mainly on the insurrection clause, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which bars “an officer of the United States” from seeking elected office if they had “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the country. The Colorado Supreme Court had ruled that Trump engaged in insurrection and was ineligible to appear on the state primary ballot, based on the 14th Amendment. Trump’s legal team appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the president was not one of the officials covered by that section of the...