Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter removed former President Donald Trump from Illinois’s primary ballot due to his supposed role on January 6.

Porter cited the Colorado Supreme Court’s interpretation of Section 3, 14th Amendment “by using dictionaries from the time of the Fourteenth Amendment.” Porter examined the words office, officer, insurrection, engaged, and oath.

The court concluded “that the plain language and plain meanings of Section 3 apply to the former president now seeking to hold office again as the President of the United States.”

Do you really want to go down that route?

I’m biting my tongue a lot, but this is so stupid to do. Porter knows the Supreme Court is considering Trump’s case against Colorado. That state’s Supreme Court booted Trump from the primary ballot for the same reason.

Maine also kicked off Trump.

At least Porter put a stay on the order until Friday so lawyers can file an appeal.

In January, the Illinois Board of Elections voted 4-0 that Trump should stay on the ballot.

The Board said the decision should go through the courts “because of the complicated constitutional issues involved.”

However, Clark Erickson, a Republican retired judge, wrote in his opinion “that a ‘preponderance of the evidence’ presented proved that Trump engaged in insurrection and should be barred from the ballot.”

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