The decision comes ahead of a highly anticipated U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a Colorado challenge to the 2024 GOP front-runner’s candidacy based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause An Illinois judge ruled Wednesday that former U.S. President Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s presidential primary and general election ballots because of his role […]
“As two other states have already recognized, Donald Trump’s instigation of and participation in the insurrection three years ago provide overwhelming cause for his disqualification from holding office in the United States.” Just two days away from the anniversary of the January 6, 2021 insurrection, voters in Illinois and Massachusetts on Thursday joined the nationwide effort to boot former Republican U.S. […]
One lawyer said it is “proof that these laws are consistent with the Second Amendment and can—and should—be upheld by courts across the country.” Illinois Democrats and gun control advocates on Friday welcomed a federal appeals court decision upholding the state’s ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines amid renewed demands for a similar restrictions nationwide in the wake […]
[content id=”79272″] “How many more times do we have to wipe the blood off our streets before action is taken?” asked the Florida Democratic Party chair. On the heels of Maine officials confirming that the shooter who killed 18 people in Lewiston earlier this week was found dead, shootings in Florida, Illinois, and Indianapolis early Sunday fueled further calls […]