--- ---  # Supreme Court Rejects RFK Jr.’s Request to Remove His Name From Swing-State Ballots by [Greg Stohr / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Oct 30, 2024 2:15 AM UTC  Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign event hosted by Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Falk Productions manufacturing facility in Walker, Mich., on Sept. 27, 2024. Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign event hosted by Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Falk Productions manufacturing facility in Walker, Mich., on Sept. 27, 2024.Scott Olson—Getty Images by [Greg Stohr / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Oct 30, 2024 2:15 AM UTC The U.S. Supreme Court refused to order the removal of [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](https://time.com/7014448/rfk-campaign-trump-endorsement/)’s name from presidential election ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin, rejecting a pair of last-ditch requests from the onetime candidate. Kennedy, who now supports former President [Donald Trump](https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/) in his race against Vice President [Kamala Harris](https://time.com/7081350/kamala-harris-presidential-platform-policies/), argued unsuccessfully that the two [swing states](https://time.com/7009161/battleground-swing-states-2024-election/) are violating his constitutional rights by leaving him on the ballot against his wishes. Officials in Wisconsin and Michigan said Kennedy’s Aug. 23 removal requests came too late under the laws of those states, where voting has already begun. In Wisconsin, Kennedy sought to have stickers placed over his name on millions of ballots that haven’t yet been distributed to voters. **Read More:** [_Inside the Last Weeks of RFK Jr.’s Campaign_](https://time.com/7014448/rfk-campaign-trump-endorsement/) The court turned away the requests without explanation, as is its usual practice with emergency matters. Justice Neil Gorsuch said he would have sided with Kennedy in the Michigan case. Lower courts had backed the states. Kennedy, who dropped out of the race Aug. 23, has sought to have his name kept on the ballot in some states and taken off in others. Justice Sonia Sotomayor last month refused to place Kennedy on the ballot in New York. The Wisconsin case is _Kennedy v. Wisconsin Elections Commission_, [24A399](https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a399.html). The Michigan case is _Kennedy v. Benson_, [24A405](https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a405.html). 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