KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI
- An Illinois judge removed Donald Trump from the state's ballot this week.
- Illinois is now the third state to try to remove Trump, following Colorado and Maine.
- The Supreme Court is currently deliberating Colorado's challenge to Trump's candidacy.
An Illinois judge removed former President Donald Trump from the state's ballot in a surprise Wednesday ruling, citing a section of the 14th Amendment that bars elected officials from participating in insurrection.
Illinois is the third state to try to remove Trump — the GOP frontrunner — from the ballot based on the "insurrection ban," following in the footsteps of both Colorado and Maine.