The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has refused to take independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name off of the state's 2024 presidential ballots. 

The court, according to CBS News, reached its decision on the matter on Friday.

This is another blow to the campaign of former President Donald Trump.

Read on to see why.

Here is what is going on:

Kennedy has suspended his presidential campaign and has chosen to endorse Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Kennedy has even been campaigning for Trump, and it appears likely that, should Trump win, Kennedy might even get a role in Trump's administration.

Accordingly, Kennedy is pushing hard for Trump to win, and, to this end, his has been trying to get his name removed from swing state ballots. Kennedy has revealed that internal polling has shown that he is significantly more likely to hurt Trump in the 2024 election than Vice President Kamala Harris.

The problem for Kennedy and Trump, however, is that the Democrats are fighting this. The latest battle took place in Wisconsin, and the state's top court - which has a liberal majority - has now ruled that Kennedy's name will remain on state ballots.

CBS News reports:

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on the state's presidential ballot, upholding a lower court's ruling that candidates can only be removed from the ballot if they die.

It remains unclear whether Kennedy will attempt to appeal the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The legal battle

Kennedy and Trump have seen similar results in other swing states.

One example would be Michigan. There, the state's top court actually reversed a lower court ruling, which had removed Kennedy's name from state ballots. In other words, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that Kennedy's name must remain on state ballots.

In other states, however, Kennedy and Trump have seen some success. North Carolina would be one example. There. a divided North Carolina Supreme Court decided to allow Kennedy's name to be removed from state ballots.

It remains to be seen how all of this is going to play out. However, one thing that is certain is that this is no trivial matter.

Given how tight the race is in the swing states - the states that are expected to decide the outcome of the election - there is no doubt that Kennedy's supporters could have a significant impact on who comes out on top in November.