Academic and activist Cornel West, who is running for president as an independent candidate, won’t be on the ballot in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court decided Monday in upholding a lower court’s ruling.

Independent presidential candidate Cornel West will not appear on ballots in the battleground Pennsylvania, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday. West’s insurgent candidacy had been challenged in Pennsylvania by Democratic Gov.

Independent presidential candidate Cornel West will not make Pennsylvania's ballot after the battleground state's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling, and counties started printing ballots.