Quick Hit:

A Cook County judge has ordered the removal of former President Donald Trump from Illinois' primary ballot, but has put her order on hold until Friday in anticipation of an appeal. The decision comes on the same day the Supreme Court agreed to take up consideration of Trump's presidential immunity in his January 6th case.

Key Details:

• Cook County Circuit Court Judge Tracie Porter issued the ruling Wednesday, citing much of a similar ruling out of the Colorado Supreme Court called the state's “rationale compelling.”
• Porter immediately stayed her own ruling, writing that the  "decision could not be the ultimate outcome" given expected appeals.
• Trump's campaign has dismissed the ruling as "unconstitutional," slamming Porter as an "activist Democrat judge."

Diving Deeper:

Despite the ruling, Trump's campaign has dismissed the decision as unconstitutional. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung criticized the ruling as the action of "an activist Democrat judge in Illinois" who overruled the state's board of elections and contradicted earlier decisions from other state and federal jurisdictions. The campaign plans to appeal the decision swiftly.

The State Board of Elections previously and unanimously rejected the same bid to block Trump from Illinois' ballot under the 14th Amendment last month, but Judge Porter found the board's decision to be "clearly erroneous."