Supreme Court Rejects Attempt to Remove RFK Jr. From Wisconsin, Michigan Ballots
Kennedy wanted to remove his name from the swing states to avoid acting as a spoiler to Trump while staying on blue state ballots.
The Supreme Court rejected Robert Kennedy Jr.’s emergency appeal to have his name removed from the Michigan and Wisconsin ballots.
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett received the cases but referred both to the full Court.
The Court did not give the vote count. Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented from the denial in the Michigan case.
Kennedy ran as an independent but dropped out in August and endorsed former President Donald Trump.
Kennedy wanted to remove his name from the swing states to avoid acting as a spoiler to Trump while staying on blue state ballots:
“Moreover, such compelled speech harms every citizen in Michigan. The Secretary, by listing Mr. Kennedy on the ballot, is misrepresenting to voters that Mr. Kennedy is qualified and willing to serve the public if elected,” Kennedy’s attorneys wrote in his Michigan application.
“Such a representation is not only incorrect, but it is also prejudicial to voters who reasonably expect that the ballot contain accurate information,” the application continued.
Michigan told the Supreme Court that over 1.5 million voters turned in their ballots, which listed Kennedy as a candidate. Over 263,000 citizens have already voted early.
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What’s the point of this article if the justification for rejection isn’t included?? 🤔
The Court gave no reason, which is common in these kinds of decisions (denial of application for injunction). The lone dissenter in either case was Gorsuch, only in the Kennedy case, I believe.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/102924zr1_om92.pdf
Gorsuch cites a prior case as reason for his dissent. I’m not familiar with the case he cited and am too lazy to look it up.
The Supreme Court doesn’t usually give reasons for denying an application. And it didn’t in these two cases. The denials are linked, and they’re just bald statements that the application is denied. In the Michigan case Gorsuch added a one-sentence dissent.
Sad to say, but even a Court that gives us “only” 50/50 is way better than the dreck we have been used to.
“Michigan told the Supreme Court that over 1.5 million voters turned in their ballots, which listed Kennedy as a candidate. Over 263,000 citizens have already voted early.”
As if this were even still a question. While in Arizona, “Jungle primary Prop 140, which only ‘qualified’ due to 40,000 proven phony signatures, must be voted on and binding because the ballots have already been printed, but not yet distributed.”
Oops, my error! I thought this ruling meant that RFKJ got to stay on the ballots he wanted to stay on. Instead, it meant he had to stay on the ballots he wanted to get off. So SCOTUS boffed us again.
I believe Jr made the removal request to the states long before the early voting started. And before ballot distribution in one of the states in question.
One could say that the state authorities slow-walked the request to create the “hardship” then used that created hardship as a defense of their election tampering.
Democrats fought his being added to ballots in some states. Then fought his being removed in other states. They want him on the ballot in some but not others. Because… they already printed up their fake ballots they are planning to add to the stack.
At the end of the day, it is going to hurt the Dems, Dems are the one that are voting for him. Other independents will vote for Jill or leave it blank.
It’s too late. The ballots are printed and in many cases, voting has already started.
he is NOT a spoiler to anyone who would have voted trump
like I said from day one
he is not good for the trump team but if he denounces leftists>>>great
Interesting eh…maybe he should have sold it as being detrimental towards Female Barry Hussein? After all, low info Democrats would probably vote for him before her because of his name?
https://x.com/TheTonus/status/1851280822541959306
Tony Kinnett
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One week out from election, and the Harris-Walz campaign has pulled money & advertisements from TWO key swing states (WI, NC).
My God, I’ve never seen such panic.
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