On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected Robert Kennedy Jr’s bid to reinstate his name to New York ballots, keeping intact a lower court decision declining to place his name back on the state’s ballot ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
Kennedy asked in an emergency appeal this week for the reinstatement, with the reasoning that supporters “have a constitutional right to have Kennedy placed on the ballot — and to vote for him, whether he is campaigning for their vote or not.”
Kennedy suspended his campaign last month.
Meanwhile, Kennedy lost bids on Friday to have his name removed from two other states, Michigan and Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin, the state’s Supreme Court said that Kennedy’s briefing was “inadequate” as the left-leaning court agreed to bypass an appeals court and take Kennedy’s case directly. Two conservative Wisconsin justices joined the liberal majority in the ruling.
In Michigan, an appeals court sided with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office in a 2-1 opinion in Kennedy’s attempt to get his name removed from the state ballot. The decision followed a similar decision by the Michigan Supreme Court.
George Bush appointee Judge David McKeague dissented, saying that Benson’s actions were an attempt to influence the election.
Kennedy was on the campaign trail in Michigan with Trump, where he urged people not to check the box with his name, but instead vote for Trump.
