Supreme Court Rejects Kennedy's Ballot Appeal in Key States

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s emergency appeal to remove his name from the presidential ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin, two key battleground states. Kennedy, who had suspended his independent campaign and endorsed Donald Trump, argued that his First Amendment rights were violated by implying he was still a candidate. Both Michigan and Wisconsin cited the impossibility of removing his name due to millions of absentee ballots already being cast. Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented in the Michigan case, supporting Kennedy's request. Previously, Kennedy had succeeded in having his name removed in other states like Georgia and Arizona but failed to do so in New York. The presence of independent candidates in swing states remains a strategic concern in the tight race between Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris.