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From the New York Times: The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would not restore Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the ballot in New York after a state court judge ruled that he had used a sham address on his nominating petition.
The court’s brief order gave no reasons, which is typical when it rules on emergency applications. No dissents were noted.
Mr. Kennedy has suspended his campaign and endorsed former President Donald J. Trump. But his lawyers told the justices that New Yorkers should be permitted to cast their votes for him. “A suspended campaign is not a terminated campaign,” they wrote.
Democratics have worked to keep third-party candidates off the ballot, viewing them as a threat to their ticket. In the past year, polling indicated that Mr. Kennedy would draw about the same number of votes from Mr. Trump and President Biden, while some more recent polls suggested that he would pull more voters from Mr. Trump than from Vice President Kamala Harris.
The report explains that, according to A New York law, candidates must specify their “place of residence,” which it defines as their “fixed, permanent and principal home” to which they “always intend to return.”
#BREAKING: The Supreme Court has denied RFK Jr.’s bid to get back on the presidential ballot in New York. He had argued the state’s decision to remove him over an invalid residential address was unconstitutional. #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/T5Vom9pF6O
— Katie Buehler (@bykatiebuehler) September 27, 2024
Meanwhile, Michigan won’t let Kennedy take his name OFF the ballot.
6th Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court’s denial of Robert F Kennedy’s request for a preliminary injunction taking his name off MI’s Nov. 5 ballot
McKeague dissents, says @JocelynBenson actions violate 1st Amend., serve no purpose “but to sow needless confusion pic.twitter.com/MpyH8IzmmH
— Lisa Roose-Church (@LisaRooseChurch) September 27, 2024
Kennedy and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard have teamed up for a “Reclaim America Tour” and will be speaking at an event in Dearborn, Michigan on Saturday.
TOMORROW: Join me + @TulsiGabbard + @ZacharyLevi in Dearborn, MI for our RECLAIM AMERICA TOUR. See you there! 🇺🇸
REGISTER HERE ➡️ https://t.co/o9PTsNAnzO pic.twitter.com/YV8wBzxBSM
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) September 27, 2024
SCOTUS rejected a bid by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore his name to the ballot in New York state even though he suspended his campaign as an independent for president in August and endorsed Donald Trump https://t.co/u6YrebGQ01 pic.twitter.com/7lNnOAtT4C
— Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) September 27, 2024
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