Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. appeals to be removed from 2 state ballots
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tuesday evening Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s request for an injunction ordering the Wisconsin Election Commission to use stickers to cover his name on the state's presidential ballot.
The court did not elaborate on its decision in a single-sentence order and there were no noted dissents.
The court also denied Kennedy's appeal that sought to make Michigan reprint election ballots without his name.
The court did not elaborate on the decision, however, Justice Neil Gorsuch, in the sole noted dissent, indicated that he would have granted the injunction.
Gorsuch cited as his rationale the reasons given by several dissenting conservative members of a federal appeals court panel which had earlier weighed the case.
That minority in the appeals court had concluded that denying a federal candidate the ability to withdraw from the ballot may have infringed on his First Amendment rights.
