On August 28, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ballot access appeal. See this story. There were five judges. Supreme Court Justices in New York are elected in partisan elections. Four of the five justices are Democrats. One is a Republican.

Only two of the judges participated in a meaningful way in the oral argument, including the one Republican and one of the Democrats.

If Kennedy had not withdrawn, he would have been on the ballot in every state except possibly New York, depending on how this case and his parallel federal case goes.