SCOTUS Denies Green Party Request in Nevada

Jay Sekulow was part of getting the Supreme Court involved in stopping the denial of the Green Party candidate for president being on the ballot in Nevada. He used to be at the Supreme Court defending Christian speech. 

Now, he is often involved in Trump-related litigation. in a vacuum, the lawsuit seems sympathetic:

Under Nevada law, if minor political parties, like the Green Party, want to appear on the general election ballot, they are required to gather signatures from registered voters, using the minor party access form. Importantly, the form has a sworn statement at the top explicitly states that signatures be from registered voters only. In July 2023, however, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office incorrectly provided the Green Party with the “ballot initiative” form, which lacks the sworn registration statement.

A conservative supporting dismissing the importance of such a "voting security" law is a tad rich. Still, the technical violation (which the state at first didn't deem worthy to block Jill "Russia Agent" Stein from the ballot)  does seem trivial. 

Nonetheless, consistently applying the rules -- including the Supreme Court not intervening late -- appears to warrant the result here. Meanwhile, the conservative-leaning North Carolina Supreme Court selectively helped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his plan to stay on the ballot only in states that don't matter. 

I would not have opposed the state court going the other way either if they did so consistently. This is true even though Stein not being on the ballot in a swing state probably will help the Democrats win a very close election.  

The Supreme Court acted correctly here.