Michigan’s Supreme Court docket dominated on Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s title would stay on the presidential poll, which served as a blow to his efforts to help former President Trump in the important thing battleground state.
As soon as Kennedy ended his marketing campaign as an unbiased presidential candidate and threw his assist behind Trump, he mounted an effort to take away his title from the ballots in states the place he thought he would possibly draw votes away from Trump. He sued Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in Michigan to take action.
Benson had rejected his preliminary request to take away his title from the poll, citing a state regulation that claims candidates nominated by a minor celebration “shall not be permitted to withdraw.” Kenney was nominated by the Pure Legislation Celebration within the state.
An appeals court docket had reversed a lower-level court docket determination that agreed with Benson on Friday, leading to a win for Kennedy. The Monday determination reverses the state appeals court docket ruling.
The excessive court docket argued Kennedy had not “pointed to any source of law” to substantiate his declare that he had the precise to withdraw his title.
“Thus, the plaintiff has not shown an entitlement to this extraordinary relief, and we reverse,” the ruling learn.
“This plainly has nothing to do with ballot or election integrity,” Kennedy’s lawyer, Aaron Siri, stated in a written assertion, The Related Press reported. “The aim is precisely the opposite — to have unwitting Michigan voters throw away their votes on a withdrawn candidate.”
