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At the Wisconsin Election Commission’s request, the state’s Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the petition to rule on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit seeking his removal from the ballot, bypassing the court of appeals. The decision follows the  Dane County Circuit Court’s ruling Monday to keep Kennedy on the ballot. “Given the need for a prompt resolution of this appeal, the court does not contemplate holding oral argument in this matter,” the court announced . “The court will endeavor to issue a written decision as expeditiously as possible.” The action breaks with typical court procedure to reject premature petitions, leading Justices Rebecca Bradley and Annette Ziegler to issue a dissent. “A majority of this court grants the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s (WEC) petition to bypass the court of appeals before the WEC has filed its response brief, despite the majority’s professed practice in prior cases of ‘generally den[ying] as premature petitions for bypass prior to