evidence: The Illinois State Board of Elections dismissed the objection, partially on the grounds that it did not have authority to decide constitutional questions. But last week, a Cook County circuit judge reversed that decision and ordered Trump removed from the Illinois primary ballot, although she put her decision on hold pending further appeals in state courts as well as the pending U.S. Supreme Court decision. [...] "The Supreme Court couldn’t exonerate Trump because the evidence of his guilt was overwhelming, so instead the Justices neutered our Constitution’s built-in defense against insurrectionists and said the facts don’t matter," he said in a statement. [...] David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research, said the decision effectively put an end to state-level challenges to Trump’s candidacy based on the 14 th Amendment. But he said the issue will almost certainly come up again if Trump wins the general election in November.