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Today is Tuesday, August 14th, and this is your daily news rundown.

Let's just get right into today's stories. How about that?

Last week I reported on a case that independent presidential candidate RFK Jr was facing in New York

over ballot access which was brought by four different New York voters backed by a Democratic PAC. Last night the judge ruled against him which means as it currently stands

Kennedy will not be on the presidential ballot in New York come November.

Now if you want the full backstory on the lawsuit, go ahead and check out last Wednesday's episode,

so that's August 7th.

But this episode will focus on the judge's ruling

as well as what Supreme Court precedent tells us about this particular issue.

I'll do a very brief recap of the facts right now but nothing like I did last

week. I just want to give you a little bit of context here. The issue at the heart of this case was whether Kennedy could appear on New York's ballot because of the home address he listed on his nominating petition. In each state, an independent candidate is required

to file what's called a nominating petition. And each state sets forth certain requirements

when it comes to what must be included with a

candidate's petition. So in New York, an independent candidate has to get a

certain number of signatures, correctly fill out the forms, etc.

When it comes specifically to the issue of residency,

New York's election law says that a candidate's residence

means the place where that candidate maintains, quote, a fixed permanent and principal home

and to which he, wherever temporarily located, always intends to return.

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