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The Supreme Court declined last month to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the New York ballot. Now, he wants the justices to get him off the Wisconsin ballot, and he said he’s going to appeal to them to get off the Michigan ballot, too. Both swing state courts have rejected Kennedy’s appeals, with judges taking stock of the inconsistent approach from the former independent presidential candidate, who suspended his campaign in August and announced his support for Donald Trump’s bid.
In the Michigan case, the federal appeals court covering that state divided in declining to take up his claim. Agreeing with the denial, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Eric Clay wrote that removing Kennedy at this stage “would disrupt the orderly conduct of the presidential election in Michigan.
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