The U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 27 denied Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request to put his name back on New York’s presidential ballot after a lower court disqualified him.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor referred the emergency application in Team Kennedy v. Berger to the full court, which denied it without comment in a one-sentence order.
Kennedy, an independent, announced on Aug. 23 that he was suspending his campaign and endorsing former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate.
Although Kennedy has tried to remove his name from swing state ballots since Aug. 23, he has left his name on the ballot in some other states. He said he is doing this in a longshot bid to secure the presidency in a possible so-called contingent election that would put the presidency in the hands of the U.S. House of Representatives in the event of an electoral college deadlock….