A New York judge just kicked Robert Kennedy Jr. off the ballot for lying about his residency — a lie he told everywhere else, as well. Could this be the end of his spoiler candidacy? And for subscribers, an exploration of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s weird war on woke meat. 

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28 U.S.C. § 455

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/455

Where RFK Jr. and Independent Candidates Are On The Ballot, New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/politics/presidential-candidates-third-party-independent.html

RFK Jr. Notice of Appeal

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=5jx/Kxz1l0wf6TA3ZHfXQg==

RFK Jr. Nominating Petition NY

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=jzZhJ0AUNv6uP5etayfLDQ==

RFK Jr. FEC Statement of Candidacy

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=2ofcShRVs71csui/f9Yq6g==

Petition seeking to invalidate RFK’s Nominating Petition

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Yj3pUo1J7/4wfQK3LGOnTw==

Court’s decision invalidating RFK’s Nominating Petition

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=vdZRqqGAbNUChn_PLUS_iL0Ev_PLUS_A==

Upside Foods Inc v. Simpson [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69038793/upside-foods-inc-v-simpson/

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