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Robert Kennedy's name stays on the ballot, Michigan Supreme Court says
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Lansing — The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on the state's ballot this fall despite the former presidential candidate suspending his campaign and endorsing Republican Donald Trump.
Kennedy, who had been nominated for president by the Natural Law Party in Michigan, wasn't entitled to the "extraordinary relief" of having the court require his name be removed from the ballot, with less than two months remaining before Election Day, the Supreme Court majority wrote in a brief order.
Kennedy had "neither pointed to any source of law that prescribes and defines a duty to withdraw a candidate’s name from the ballot nor demonstrated his clear legal right to performance of this specific duty," the court's majority order said.
Democratic-nominated Justice Elizabeth Welch penned a concurring statement, noting that Kennedy had waited "more than four months" after he was nominated for president before asking Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's office to remove his name.
"When plaintiff made his request, defendant faced a deadline for ballot printing that was two weeks away," Welch wrote. "Additionally, the Natural Law Party, which opposed plaintiff’s efforts to remove himself from the ballot, had no opportunity to field a candidate and faced considerable prejudice."
Kennedy, who had been nominated for president by the Natural Law Party in Michigan, wasn't entitled to the "extraordinary relief" of having the court require his name be removed from the ballot, with less than two months remaining before Election Day, the Supreme Court majority wrote in a brief order.
Kennedy had "neither pointed to any source of law that prescribes and defines a duty to withdraw a candidate’s name from the ballot nor demonstrated his clear legal right to performance of this specific duty," the court's majority order said.
Democratic-nominated Justice Elizabeth Welch penned a concurring statement, noting that Kennedy had waited "more than four months" after he was nominated for president before asking Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's office to remove his name.
"When plaintiff made his request, defendant faced a deadline for ballot printing that was two weeks away," Welch wrote. "Additionally, the Natural Law Party, which opposed plaintiff’s efforts to remove himself from the ballot, had no opportunity to field a candidate and faced considerable prejudice."