Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr.'s bid to be barred from voting in Wisconsin and Michigan

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid to be barred from voting in Wisconsin and Michigan after the justices earlier rejected his request To the ballot in New York.

Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented from the Michigan denial, and no justice expressed dissent from the Wisconsin denial.

State courts in both battleground states had rejected Kennedy's appeals. The judges took stock of the inconsistent actions of the former independent presidential candidate, who suspended his campaign in August and announced his support for Republican Donald Trump's campaign.

In his petition to the Wisconsin justices, Kennedy argued that his constitutional rights would be violated by remaining on the ballot. “It is Robert F. Kennedy’s absolute right to support Donald Trump for president,” his lawyers wrote. Lawyers for the Wisconsin Election Commission rejected his request, telling the justices that the extraordinary relief Kennedy sought just a week before the election “would require Wisconsin county and municipal officials to hand-make millions of stickers and on Wisconsin's ballots to “fix them” to obscure his name – at least the ballots that have not yet gone out to voters and been returned.”

Likewise, in his Michigan motion, Kennedy's lawyers argued that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson “coerced his motion [Kennedy’s] Speech that violates the First Amendment.” Michigan's lawyers also spoke out against Kennedy's offer, noting that over 1.5 million voters in the state have already returned their ballots and another 263,634 voted early and that “the voters “We probably don't think Kennedy is frivolous or deserves less protection than votes.” Filling for a major party candidate.”

Both Wisconsin and Michigan lawyers pointed to Kennedy's attempt to make this happen To Michigan's lawyers wrote that his “claims of coerced speech, defamation of reputation and voter confusion resulting from his appearance on Michigan's ballot are inconsistent with his attempts to get on the ballot in New York and numerous other states.” Kennedy recognizes his efforts in other states does not address it, nor does it address it, nor does it explain how he could suffer irreparable harm from the very thing he requested in New York.”

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