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- RFK Jr. has fought to region his sanction from statesmanlike ballots since he ended his run successful August.
- The Supreme Court connected Tuesday denied his 2 last-ditch requests successful Michigan and Wisconsin.
- RFK Jr., who has since endorsed Trump, will stay connected nan ballot.
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It's official: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will stay connected nan ballot successful Wisconsin and Michigan.
The Supreme Court connected Tuesday denied 2 last-minute requests from Kennedy's lawyers revenge this period successful an effort to region his sanction from nan ballot successful nan important swing states.
The denial yet ends Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to get himself disconnected nan tickets and whitethorn beryllium a rustle to Donald Trump's run for reelection — which Kennedy endorsed aft he dropped retired of nan race successful August.
"Our polling consistently showed that by staying connected nan ballot successful nan battleground states, I would apt manus nan predetermination complete to nan Democrats, pinch whom I disagree connected nan astir existential issues," Business Insider antecedently reported Kennedy said astatine a news convention anterior to endorsing Trump.
The Supreme Court Justices did not rumor immoderate mentation for their ruling, arsenic is emblematic for emergency decisions specified arsenic this. Justice Neil Gorsuch, successful a short dissent successful nan Michigan case, said he would person sided pinch Kennedy.
In erstwhile ineligible challenges, Kennedy succeeded successful getting his sanction removed from nan ballot successful immoderate plaything states, including Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. His sanction was besides removed from nan tickets successful Florida, Ohio, and Texas.
Representatives for Kennedy Jr. and nan Supreme Court did not instantly respond to requests for remark from Business Insider.
Kennedy, a one-time Democrat, ran astir of his run arsenic an Independent earlier forging an confederation pinch Trump. While Trump erstwhile described nan leader and biology activistic arsenic a "liberal lunatic," nan 2 reconciled their differences and Trump named Kennedy to his general modulation team.
During his Sunday rally astatine Madison Square Garden, Trump seemed to propose Kennedy could person a spot successful his administration, pledging to fto nan vaccine-skeptic "go chaotic connected health."
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