Supreme Court Refuses to Remove RFK Jr. from Wisconsin and Michigan Ballots
In two unsigned orders, the Supreme Court has denied Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s applications for injunctions that would have removed his name from the ballots in Wisconsin and Michigan. RFK Jr had been running for President as an independent, and qualified to be on many ballots around the country. He subsequently dropped out of the race, however, and endorsed Donald Trump. Now he would like to be removed from the ballot in swing states where he fears he would draw votes away from Trump, but his efforts to get off of the ballot in Wisconsin and Michigan were unsuccessful.
No justice dissented from the Wisconsin order. Justice Gorsuch, however, dissented from the Michigan order. His dissent reads:
Respectfully, I dissent for substantially the reasons given by
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