The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a push from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to remove himself from the ballot in Michigan and Wisconsin, two critical 2024 battleground states.
Kennedy had hoped the court would grant him an emergency ruling that would order election officials in the two Midwest states to remove his name from the ballot. How the justices voted was unclear, but Justice Neil Gorsuch offered a brief dissent in Kennedy’s Michigan appeal.
In a statement posted to X after the ruling, Kennedy said that election officials in Wisconsin and Michigan were playing politics by forcing him to stay on the ballot. Kennedy endorsed Trump in August and has since campaigned across the country for the former president.
“The Supreme Court has unfortunately today sided with the Secretary of State of Michigan and Wisconsin, both Democrats, to undermine election integrity and leave my name…
