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„Unnötig negative Impulse“: Wirtschaftsweise schlagen Reform der Schuldenbremse vor

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Die Schuldenbremse verhindert einige Pläne der Ampel-Regierung, sie fordern deren Ende. Nun schlagen die Wirtschaftsweisen eine Reform vor.
Stand: 30.01.2024, 09:17 Uhr
Von: Marcel Reich
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Die Schuldenbremse ist der Ampel-Regierung ein Dorn im Auge, die Pläne der Koalition werden dadurch erschwert. Nun fordern die Wirtschaftsweisen eine Reform.
München – Die Wirtschaftsweisen schlagen eine Reform der Schuldenbremse vor. Diese solle an drei Stellen angepasst werden, wie der Sachverständigenrat am Dienstag mitteilte. „Die von uns vorgeschlagene Anpassung der Schuldenbremse erhöht die Flexibilität der Fiskalpolitik“, sagte die Ratsvorsitzende Monika Schnitzer. „Sie ermöglicht, zukunftsgerichtete öffentliche Ausgaben zu tätigen und den Übergang nach einer Notlage zu regeln, ohne die Tragfähigkeit der Staatsfinanzen auszuhöhlen.“
Konkret schlägt das Gremium die Einführung einer Übergangsphase für die Jahre unmittelbar nach Anwendung der Ausnahmeklausel der Schuldenbremse vor. Dabei dürfte das zulässige strukturelle Defizit über der normalen Regelgrenze liegen, müsse aber stetig reduziert werden. Als zweiter Punkt soll die Regelgrenze für das jährliche strukturelle Defizit in Abhängigkeit von der Schuldenstandsquote gestaffelt und bei niedrigen Quoten erhöht werden können. Bei einer Schuldenstandsquote unter 60 Prozent des Bruttoinlandsproduktes (BIP) soll die Grenze für das strukturelle Defizit bei einem Prozent des BIP liegen dürfen, bei Werten zwischen 60 und 90 Prozent dagegen nur bei 0,5 Prozent. Außerdem sollte die Konjunkturbereinigung methodisch verbessert werden, um sie weniger revisionsanfällig zu machen und so eine konjunkturgerechtere Finanzpolitik zu ermöglichen.
Ökonomische Krisen können in den Folgejahren nach einer akuten Notlage noch erhebliche Auswirkungen auf eine Volkswirtschaft haben, so der Sachverständigenrat, der die Bundesregierung der Ampel-Koalition berät. Eine sofortige Konsolidierung des Staatshaushalts, um in diesen Jahren die Schuldenbremse wieder einzuhalten, könnte zu „unnötig starken negativen Impulsen“ für eine noch schwächelnde Wirtschaft führen. Daher sollte die Ausnahmeklausel der Schuldenbremse um eine Übergangsregelung ergänzt werden. „Eine Übergangsregelung würde für zusätzliche fiskalische Spielräume zur Krisenbewältigung sorgen und gleichzeitig verhindern, dass ständig diskutiert wird, Notlagen auszurufen“, sagte die Wirtschaftsweise Ulrike Malmendier.
Viele Ökonomen kritisieren, dass die Schuldenbremse notwendige Investitionen verhindert — etwa in Infrastruktur, Digitalisierung und Klimaschutz. Sie soll in diesem Jahr erstmals seit 2019 wieder greifen. Finanzminister Christian Lindner (FDP) kann dennoch bis zu 39 Milliarden Euro an zusätzlichen Schulden aufnehmen. Der Bundestag soll den Etat am Freitag verabschieden.

Eurozone Economy Flatlines, Zero Growth in Fourth Quarter as Germany Falters

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Europe’s economy failed to expand at the end of 2023 amid higher energy prices, costlier credit and a downturn in former powerhouse Germany.
Zero economic growth for the October-to-December period of last year follows a 0.1% contraction in the three months before that, according to figures released Tuesday by EU statistics agency Eurostat.
That extends a miserable run of economic blahs: The 20 countries that use the euro currency have not shown significant growth since the third quarter of 2022, when the economy grew 0.5%.
And the start of this year looks no better, with indicators of business activity still flashing red for contraction. Plus, disruptions to shipping in the Red Sea have constricted global trade through the Suez Canal, a major route between Asia and Europe, surging shipping costs and threatening to boost inflation.
The new figures underlined the growing divide between Europe and the United States, whose economy grew 0.8% in the fourth quarter compared with the previous three-month period, or an annual pace of 3.3% – better than expected.
The eurozone grew 0.5% for the full year, while the U.S. grew 2.5%. The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday upgraded its outlook for the world economy this year, envisioning global growth of 3.1% led by the U.S. but downgrading expectations for the eurozone to a meager 0.9% expansion.
The big picture is that eurozone GDP has been flat since the third quarter of 2022 when gas prices surged and the ECB started raising interest rates,” Jack Allen-Reynolds, deputy chief eurozone economist at Capital Economics, said in a written analysis.
Not all the news is bad. For one thing, unemployment is at record lows and the number of jobs rose in the July-to-September quarter.
Energy prices also have come down from recent spikes – though they remain higher than before Russia invaded Ukraine – and storage levels of natural gas, which is used to heat homes, power factories and generate electricity, are robust. With gas storage 72% full and most of the winter heating season nearly over, fears of higher utility bills and another energy crisis have eased.
While the economy has stagnated, inflation also has declined rapidly from its painful double-digit peak, falling to 2.9% in December. But people’s pay and purchasing power are still catching up to the levels lost through the price surge.
It’s seen as French farmers pushing for better pay, fewer constraints and lower costs have set up barricades around Paris this week.
Meanwhile, the anti-inflation medicine applied by the European Central Bank – sharply higher interest rates – has curbed business investment and real estate activity like construction and home sales.
German Economy, Europe’s Largest, Shrinkshttps://t.co/3mA4ofQ1q2
Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) January 16, 2024
Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, shrank 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Formerly a model in how to grow, Germany was one of the worst-performing major developed economies last year.
It is bogged down with multiple issues including higher fuel prices for energy-intensive industries after Russia cut off most of its natural gas to the continent. Germany also has been held back by lack of skilled workers and years of underinvestment in infrastructure and digital technology in favor of balanced budgets.
While the incoming numbers for Europe “don’t point to a significant improvement” and could signal a slight contraction in the first three months of this year, the eurozone should benefit from falling inflation that is restoring consumer purchasing power and expected lower interest rates, according to economists at Oxford Economics.
Some analysts expect the ECB to cut interest rates as early as April, while others think the central bank may wait until June to ensure inflation is definitely under control.
But risks remain, including the attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea, where 12% of global trade passes, amid Israel’s war on Hamas.
Transport costs have risen as shipping companies route vessels around the southern tip of Africa, adding a week or more to voyages. With higher shipping costs and delays to products from clothes to keyboard components, concerns are growing of new consumer price spikes if the conflict in Gaza drags on or escalates.
The trade disruption could add as much as 0.5% to core inflation, which excludes volatile fuel and food prices, Oxford Economics said. Core inflation is closely watched by the ECB.
“We think the impact on core inflation will be enough for the ECB to wait a little bit longer,” delaying lower rates to June, Oxford Economics analysts said in a note.
European Union Economic Outlook Worsens as Inflation Takes Tollhttps://t.co/bb8sZpsC3n
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) September 11, 2023

WATCH: Israeli Commandos Raid Jenin Hospital, Kill 3 Terrorists

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A group of Israeli commandos raided a hospital in Jenin and killed three Hamas-linked terrorists with no casualties to soldiers or civilians.
The stunning raid, which did not harm civilians in the hospital and had no Israeli military casualties, stunned even Israelis, who are used to daring raids to kill terrorists and rescue hostages.
According to the Times of Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) noted that the terrorists in the hospital had been planning an October 7-style attack on Israel. The attack took just 10 minutes, and footage from the hospital was aired in Palestinian media.
The Times noted: “The Israeli forces reportedly entered the medical center at 5:30 a.m. dressed as doctors, nurses, and Palestinian women, headed to a room on the third floor, and shot the surprised trio dead in their beds before escaping the building unscathed. The commandos reportedly used guns with silencers in the raid.”
Video of the raid went viral on Instagram, showing IDF soldiers dressed as doctors, nurses, and even Palestinian women:

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The scene was reminiscent of fictionalized Israeli operations in the TV series Fauda, which has played a role in the conflict, as one crew member on the show was killed and one cast member was wounded during the course of their reserve IDF service in Gaza.
The IDF said in a statement:
During a joint IDF, ISA [Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet], and Israel Police counterterrorism activity overnight, Mohammed Jalamneh, a Hamas terrorist who had recently been involved in promoting significant terrorist activity and was hiding in the “Ibn Sina” Hospital in Jenin was neutralized. The wanted suspect also carried a gun, which was confiscated by the security forces.
Mohammed Jalamneh, 27, who had been in the Jenin Camp for a long period, had contacts with Hamas headquarters abroad and was even wounded when he tried to promote a car bombing attack. In addition, Jalamneh transferred weapons and ammunition to terrorists in order to promote shooting attacks, and planned a raid attack inspired by the October 7th massacre.
Along with Jalamneh, two additional terrorists who hid inside the hospital were neutralized. Mohammed Ghazawi from the Jenin Camp, a terrorist operative of the Jenin Battalions who was involved in numerous attacks including firing at IDF soldiers in the area, and Basel Ghazawi from the Jenin Camp, Mohammed’s brother, an Islamic Jihad terrorist organization operative involved in terror activities in the area.
Jalamneh planned to carry out a terror attack in the immediate future and used the hospital as a hiding place and therefore was neutralized. Israeli security forces will continue to act against any threat that would endanger the security of Israeli civilians.
For a long time, wanted suspects have been hiding in hospitals and using them as a base for planning terrorist activities and carrying out terror attacks, while they assume that the exploitation of hospitals will serve as protection against counterterrorism activities of Israeli security forces. This is another example of the cynical use of civilian areas and hospitals as shelters and human shields by terrorist organisations.
Palestinian terrorists have repeatedly used hospitals to store weapons, move hostages, hide tunnels, and launch attacks, which violates international humanitarian law and forfeits the protection normally granted to hospitals under the laws of armed conflict.
Separately, the IDF located and destroyed rocket launchers that had been used on Monday to fire a barrage of rockets at central Israel, including the Tel Aviv area, the first such attack in several weeks, as Hamas’s capacity to attack Israel has been degraded.

“He’s nothing”: E. Jean Carroll surprised diminished Trump was like a “walrus snorting” in court

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«It was an astonishing discovery for me. We don’t need to be afraid of him. He can be knocked down.»
Writer E. Jean Carroll during a Monday sit-down with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow compared Donald Trump to «a walrus snorting» and «a rhino flopping his hands» after the former president was ordered to pay her $83.3 million in damages — $18.3 million in compensatory damages and $65 million in punitive damages — for repeatedly defaming her. 
Carroll told Maddow she felt the verdict «bodes well for the future.»
«I think we planted our flag,» the longtime columnist said. «I think we’ve made a statement that things are gonna be different, that there is gonna be a new way of doing things in this country because of this indestructible team of lawyers, Rachel.»
«I am sometimes 50 years older than some of the associates on our team,» Carroll continued. «I’m 40 years older than Shawn [Crowley], I’m 30 years older than Robbie [Kaplan], and together, this team of brilliant young people have, as you said, stood up to the man, who, by the way, Rachel, is not even there. He’s nothing. He is like a walrus snorting and like a rhino flopping his hands. It was– he is not there. That was the surprising thing to me.”
Maddow then addressed the crux of the conversation — Trump’s defamation trial with Carroll, the second to unspool in less than a year, stems from her allegations that he sexually assaulted her in a New York City department store dressing room in the 1990s. Last May, the ex-president was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll after he repeatedly refuted her claims. 
«On that point, talking about being face-to-face with him, being in the same physical space with him for the first time since when you say he assaulted you in 1996, what you’re describing there in terms of him being nothing, him feeling like an animal, him feeling like not intimidating, was that a shock to you?» Maddow asked. «Because I mean, your guts here, your bravery here includes the physical bravery about being around him again. It sounds like it didn’t go the way you expected it to once you were in the same room.»
“No, Rachel, I was terrified,» Carroll said. «I was just a bag of sweating corpuscles as we prepared for trial, and three days, four days before trial, I had an actual breakdown. I lost my ability to speak, I lost my words, I couldn’t talk, and I couldn’t go on. It was — that’s how frightened I was.”
«But oddly, we went into court, [my attorney] took the lectern, I sat in the witness chair like this, and she said, ‘Ms. Carroll, good morning. Could you please spell your name for court?'»
«And amazingly, I looked out, and he was nothing,» Carroll added. «He was nothing. He was a phantom. It was the people around him who were giving him power. He himself was nothing. It was an astonishing discovery for me. He’s nothing. We don’t need to be afraid of him. He can be knocked down.»
Shortly after the verdict was declared on Friday, Trump took to his Truth Social platform to rant, writing, «Absolutely ridiculous! I fully disagree with both verdicts, and will be appealing this whole Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party. Our Legal System is out of control, and being used as a Political Weapon. They have taken away all First Amendment Rights. THIS IS NOT AMERICA!»

Щоб захисники повернулись живими, LEGO і планшети: мрії маленьких переселенців

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Здійснювати мрії дітей, які покинули дім, впродовж зими намагаються благодійники з усієї України і світу. Волонтерський проєкт «Олені Святого Миколая» відвідали центр підтримки «ЯМаріуполь», щоб порадувати маленьких переселенців подарунками.
Здійснювати мрії дітей, які покинули дім, впродовж зими намагаються благодійники з усієї України і світу. Волонтерський проєкт «Олені Святого Миколая» відвідали центр підтримки «ЯМаріуполь», щоб порадувати маленьких переселенців подарунками.
Від малечі вони отримали понад півтори тисячі листів впродовж 2023 року. Щозими вони відвідують дітей-переселенців у різних куточках України. Цього разу – опинилися у Львові. Ще восени діти писали листи Святому Миколаю зі своїми найзаповітнішими бажаннями. Тепер вони вже отримали свої конструктори, планшети, солодощі і дрони для ЗСУ, які для них купили благодійники.
Авторка: Анастасія Одинець

Борис Джонсон: НАТО відчуває глибоку провину за те, що не може прийняти до себе Україну

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Він заявив, що якби Альянс виконав свої зобов’язання, то російського вторгнення можна було б уникнути
Колишній прем’єр Великої Британії Борис Джонсон вважає, що союзники з Північноатлантичного альянсу відчувають «глибоку інституційну провину» за те, що не можуть зараз надати Україні членство в НАТО. Про це він заявив у документальному фільмі BBC «Путін проти Заходу», повідомляє The Times.
«Існує глибока інституційна провина НАТО. Тому що якби Альянс виконав те, про що говорив, і дійсно поставив українців на правильний шлях до членства, є аргумент, що Путін не зробив би того, що він зробив», – сказав Джонсон.
Він також зазначив, що саме колективна невизначеність НАТО протягом тривалого часу стала «фатальною», тому що російський диктатор подумав: «Ну добре, вони несерйозно».
«Ви бачите, що демократія відступає, автократія отримує своє. Вторгнення в Україну, я сподіваюся, знаменує собою кінець цього, і це той момент, коли Захід скаже Путіну: Це все. Ми кладемо тебе назад у коробку», – додав він.
Експрем’єр також згадав свій візит до Києва у квітні 2022 року та зустріч з президентом Володимиром Зеленським. Тоді, за словами Джонсона, західні союзники чинили тиск на Україну щодо територіальних поступок.
«Я не думав, що такий компроміс буде правильним. Не можна вести переговори з крокодилом, який відкусив половину вашої ноги і пропонує відкусити іншу», – резюмував він.
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ЗСУ розширюють плацдарм на Дніпрі?

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«Якби гроші, які країни надають українським біженцям, перерозподіляли через Київ – це допомогло би українській економіці», – заявив президент України Володимир Зеленський в інтерв’ю німецькому телеканалу ARD. Тим часом українські біженці щонайменше до березня 2025-го можуть розраховувати на.
«Якби гроші, які країни надають українським біженцям, перерозподіляли через Київ – це допомогло би українській економіці», – заявив президент України Володимир Зеленський в інтерв’ю німецькому телеканалу ARD. Тим часом українські біженці щонайменше до березня 2025-го можуть розраховувати на перебування в країнах ЄС. Що далі чекає на українців, які втекли він війни? Що робити тим, кому нема куди повертатися?
Українські військові на півдні розширюють плацдарм на лівому березі Дніпра, заявили в Збройних силах України. Там кажуть, що штурмові дії окупантів були невдалими і вони мали повертатися на свої позиції з утратами в особовому складі. Яка ситуація на Лівобережжі?
Суд не обрав запобіжний захід Олександру Лієву, який фігурує у справі про розкрадання в Міністерстві оборони України. Екскерівника департаменту відомства та ще чотирьох людей підозрюють у розкраданні майже 1,5 мільярда гривень на закупівлі снарядів для ЗСУ. Деталі справи та про боротьбу з корупцією в оборонній сфері.
Угорщина просить Україну «повернути права своїй національній меншині», Будапешт не буде постачати зброю для Києва, а питання про розблокування допомоги від ЄС вирішується у Брюсселі. Це зазначив міністр закордонних справ Угорщини Петер Сійярто під час візиту до Ужгороду. Про що вдалося домовитися? Яких результатів досягли на спільній зустрічі?
Про це та інше дивіться у програмі «Свобода.Ранок» о 9:01 на @Радіо Свобода:

Генштаб ЗСУ оновив дані про російські втрати у війні

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За час повномасштабної війни Росія втратила близько 384 140 своїх військових, кажуть у Генштабі ЗСУ
Росія за час повномасштабного вторгнення в Україну втратила близько 384 140 своїх військових, зокрема 960 – протягом останньої доби, заявили в українському Генштабі вранці 30 січня.
Серед інших втрат Росії там відзначили такі:
танки ‒ 6300 (10 – за останню добу)
бойові броньовані машини ‒ 11725 (+29)
артилерійські системи – 9144 (+31)
РСЗВ – 972
засоби ППО ‒ 663 (+3)
літаки – 332 (+1)
гелікоптери – 324
БПЛА оперативно-тактичного рівня – 7084 (+35)
крилаті ракети ‒ 1846
кораблі /катери ‒ 23
підводні човни – 1
автомобільна техніка й автоцистерни – 12191 (+42)
спеціальна техніка ‒ 1448 (+5).
Росія і Україна майже не дають інформації про свої втрати у війні. Москва офіційно востаннє називала кількість убитих понад рік тому, Київ цього не робив, заявляючи, що дані будуть розкриті після війни.
У грудні 2023 року розвідка Великої Британії звернула увагу на зростання темпів втрат російських сил у війні проти України в 2023 році і спрогнозувала, що за таких темпів до 2025 року Росія матиме понад пів мільйона вбитих і поранених за три роки війни. «Це порівняно з 70 000 втрат Радянського Союзу в дев’ятирічній радянсько-афганській війні», – йдеться в повідомленні.
У розвідці зауважили, що, ймовірно, Росії знадобиться від п’яти до десяти років, «щоб відновити когорту високопідготовлених і досвідчених військових частин».
У Білому домі 12 грудня 2023 року заявили, що російські військові продовжують зазнавати великих втрат у війні, та, попри це, вони мають намір продовжувати наступальні операції. Як свідчать розвіддані США, оприлюднені 12 грудня, від моменту початку наступу в жовтні російська армія втратила понад 13 тисяч військових уздовж лінії Авдіївка-Новопавлівка і понад 220 бойових машин, що еквівалентно шістьом маневреним батальйонам лише у техніці.
Водночас агентство Reuters із посиланням на джерело, знайоме з розвідданими, 12 грудня повідомило, що, згідно з розсекреченим звітом розвідки США, повномасштабна війна проти Україні коштувала Росії 315 тисяч убитих і поранених військових, або майже 90 відсотків особового складу, який вона мала на момент початку вторгнення.
За повідомленням, втрати Москви в особовому складі й бронетехніці відкинули модернізацію російського війська на 18 років назад.

The problem(s) with Trump’s ugly rhetoric about the Jordan attack

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Donald Trump’s ugly rhetoric about the attack in Jordan is intended to persuade people who don’t remember what actually happened when he was in office.
On Sunday afternoon, Americans learned that a drone packed with explosives struck a base in northeast Jordan, near the Syria border. The attack killed three U.S. troops — Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett — and left more than 30 with injuries.
Also on Sunday afternoon, Donald Trump used his social media platform to express his sympathies for the fatalities — while blaming President Joe Biden for the actions of terrorists. From his trio of missives:
“This brazen attack on the United States is yet another horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden’s weakness and surrender. … This attack would NEVER have happened if I was President, not even a chance.”
The former president added that his approach would mean “no more chaos, no more destruction, and no more loss of precious American lives.”
Part of the problem is with the Republican’s character and instincts. It’s as if Trump learned the news over the weekend and effectively thought to himself, “Three American troops were killed. How can I exploit this to advance my own interests and brag about how great I think I am?”
Basic human decency usually prevents honorable people from politicizing deadly terrorist attacks. It’s a simple lesson the presumptive GOP nominee prefers not to learn.
But in terms of factual details, Trump’s claim that such an attack “never” would’ve happened if he were in office, reality tells a very different story. As a New York Times report explained, “In fact, Iran and its proxies did attack American and allied interests during Mr. Trump’s presidency.”
In March 2020, for example, two American service members and a British soldier were killed in a rocket attack on a military base in Iraq, and the U.S. believed Iran-backed militia groups were most likely behind the assault. A few months earlier, a barrage of rockets killed an American contractor and wounded four American service members in Kirkuk, Iraq.
NBC News reported in September 2020, in the months that followed, militia groups — believed to be backed by Iran — continued to target U.S. military bases, and the frequency of those attacks increased throughout Trump’s final year in the White House.
What’s more, let’s also not forget that in January 2020, an Iranian missile strike left several dozen of U.S. troops with traumatic brain injuries. Trump dismissed the importance of the injuries — the Republican called them little more than «headaches» — prompting Veterans of Foreign Wars to ask the then-president to apologize for minimizing what had happened to the troops.
Trump ignored the VFW’s appeal.
My point is not to blame Trump for the attacks that occurred on his watch. Rather, my point is that when Trump tries to blame his own country’s leaders for foreign terrorism, and says such violence would “never” happen if he were in office, we know this is ugly and unnecessary nonsense, intended to persuade people who don’t remember what happened just four years ago.

Trump 2024: IL election board will consider booting former president off ballot Tuesday

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There is Donald Trump news today. The Illinois election board will consider Tuesday whether to kick the former president off the state’s ballot.
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CHICAGO — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday is scheduled to consider whether to keep Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot after a recommendation that he be removed over the Constitution’s insurrection provision.
The meeting of the Illinois State Board of Elections, which is split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, comes a little more than a week before the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a similar case from Colorado. That state’s highest court found the 14th Amendment barred the Republican former president from the ballot over his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, when he encouraged his backers to storm the building after he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden.
After brief arguments last week, a hearing officer for the Illinois board said it should be up to the courts, rather than election officials, to decide Trump’s eligibility because of the complicated constitutional issues involved. But the opinion from Clark Erickson, a retired judge and a Republican, concluded that a «preponderance of the evidence» presented proved that Trump engaged in insurrection and should be barred from the ballot.
The petition was filed by five voters who argued Trump is ineligible under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a Civil War-era provision that bars anyone who took an oath to support the Constitution and then «engaged in insurrection or rebellion» from holding office.
The attempt to keep Trump’s name off Illinois’ March 19 primary ballot by raising federal constitutional questions is similar to efforts in several other states. The push has notched successes in Colorado and in Maine, where the Democratic secretary of state also recommended removing Trump from the ballot. That decision is on hold pending an eventual ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Free Speech for People, a national voting rights group that is helping lead the Illinois effort, praised the recommendation as «significant» and argued that Illinois law allows the board to make the ballot decision.
«We expect that the board and ultimately Illinois courts will uphold Judge Erickson’s thoughtful analysis of why Trump is disqualified from office, but — with the greatest respect — correct him on why Illinois law authorizes that ruling,» Ron Fein, legal director for the group, wrote in a Sunday statement.
Trump has argued that the cases seeking to remove him from the 2024 ballot are «election interference» and a plot by Democrats to stop voters from having a choice in November. His attorneys argue that the presidency isn’t covered by the 14th Amendment provision and that there is no clear legal standard to apply it. They have said Congress and not the courts should make the decision, that Jan. 6 was not legally an insurrection and that Trump wasn’t responsible for it anyway.
The eight-member Illinois election board is split evenly between Democrats and Republicans. To side with the objectors and remove Trump’s name, a majority has to vote in favor. If the vote is tied 4-4, the effort fails and Trump’s name would remain on the ballot.
Associated Press writer Nicholas Riccardi in Denver contributed to this report.

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