Posted on 09/09/2024 1:34:44 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
The Michigan Supreme Court on Monday ruled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must stay on the state’s ballot even though he suspended his campaign.
RFK Jr. asked to be removed from ballots in ten key battleground states after he suspended his campaign last month.
RFK will stay on the ballot in states where his presence will hurt Kamala, and he will remove himself from ballots in states where his presence hurts Trump.
“In about 10 battleground states, where my presence would be a spoiler, I’m going to remove my name. And I’ve already started that process and urge voters not to vote for me,” RFK Jr. said.
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Last week the Michigan Court of Appeals removed RFK Jr. from the ballot, but Jocelyn Benson did not give up the fight.
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 that RFK Jr. must remain on the state’s ballot.
Two of the justices blasted Jocelyn Benson in a dissent.
“The Secretary’s duty to maintain the integrity of Michigan elections includes an obligation to present actual candidates and associate them with the offices that they are seeking. By requiring Kennedy’s name to appear on the general election ballot, the Secretary of State is improperly and needlessly denying the electorate a choice between persons who are actual candidates willing to serve if elected. We can only hope that the Secretary’s misguided action—now sanctioned with the imprimatur of this Court—will not have national implications,” two justices wrote in a dissent, WXYZ reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Can this be appealed to the US Supreme Court or is it done?
Yep, that’s what needs to happen.
Can this be heard by USSC??
Should say can this be heard by SCOTUS??
The way the Michigan RepukeLickings rolled over for the Democrats in the Michigan Supreme Court “elections” has paid off in spades for the Michigan Uniparty.
they are doing this to split the vote so that RFK Jr supporters, some of them vote for Trump and some vote for him giving Harris the victory..so if that is how they want it fine, put Stein, Cornell West, and Biden on the ballot too
What does it tell you about the legal system the than the fact that it feeds on itself?
Electors for Biden will vote for Harris.
Remember, you’re not voting for the President, you’re voting for a slate of Electors.
I never realized how much I had acclimated to stresses from Democrat lawmakers than when I had left an extreme liberal hellhole behind.
Neighboring states and far away states that are more conservative than you had are worth your peace of mind.
My vote never seemed to matter, before.
IIRC things like this are decided by states and the Federal courts have no authority. But it’s not particularly important...most polls have DJT losing the state. They say that PA will be the key.
Considering how goofed up this is ... FIRST, they WANTED him OFF ... NOW they want him on ... a sane SC would not kowtow to this BS .. but, we know libs legislate from the bench.
MI is so messed up!
State Supreme Court is not as “Supreme” as it used to be.
Even they are now prone to becoming another slimy tentacle of the Democrat Party.
There is only one plausible reason to keep RFK on the ballot. So, the MI secretary of state and supreme court have determined that politicking will occur through the executive branch and judicial branch of MI’s government.
Banana Republic.
There is only one plausible reason to keep RFK on the ballot.
The pre-programmed statistical cheat software has been coded to rely on a RFK Jr choice to help “smooth” the data?
Can you say...
ELECTION INTERFERENCE?
I knew you could.
Joe Biden better stay on the ballot or there will need to be citizens arrests.
Election procedures are — supposedly under the Constitution — entirely the purview of state legislatures. But it seems, at least in Michigan, a state court can amend the Constitution and rule “No”. Doesn’t seem right ... or legal.
Now, this nakedly partisan Secretary of State will have a larger percentage of votes to assign to Harris.
‘Rats preserving democracy…
The Michigan Pubbies like their guaranteed paychecks [Michigan is a red state], and they like that they only have to pretend to "fight" the Democrats for a few weeks every "election" cycle.
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