Article originally appeared on thefederalist.com.
Democrats took painstaking efforts to kick Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. off the presidential ballot when they thought his presence would hurt Vice President Kamala Harris. But after Kennedy dropped out of the race in key swing states and endorsed former President Donald Trump, Democrats in Michigan and Wisconsin fought to keep Kennedy on the ballot despite his objections. And on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Kennedy’s emergency appeal to have his name removed from the ballots in those states.
Kennedy‘s emergency appeal to the high court to have his name removed from the ballot in Michigan and Wisconsin argued that keeping him on the ballot was a violation of his First Amendment right. But the Supreme Court rejected the appeal on Tuesday without any reason.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5 to 1 in September to keep Kennedy on the ballot, arguing that state …
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