As some in Illinois legal and political circles wonder whether this state should follow Colorado's lead and force former president Donald Trump off of the Republican primary ballot over the Jan. 6 insurrection, a local legal scholar said the issue needs careful consideration.

Aziz Huq, a constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago Law School, said he has little doubt the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the Trump campaign's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court decision.

He cautioned, though, that the so-called “Insurrection Clause” is not about whether a person is fit to be president of the United States.

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