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The U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2026, denied Samuel Ronan's emergency bid to be restored to the Republican primary ballot in Ohio's 15th Congressional District after state officials removed him for allegedly lying about his party affiliation. The case, rooted in Ronan's own social media posts urging "leftists" to "infiltrate Republican spaces," raises unsettled constitutional questions about who gets to define party membership, how far states can go in policing political sincerity, and whether the First Amendment protects strategic party-switching.