TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Brittany Sims on Dec 11, 2014

The Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments in January in a case that could make races for judgeships “even more like contests for other elected offices,” Gavel Grab reports from Governing Magazine. In Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar, the court will be asked to decide the constitutionality of state bans on judicial candidates personally soliciting campaign contributions. Lawyers for Lanell Williams-Yulee, a former judicial candidate, contend the Florida solicitation ban restricts free speech in an unconstitutional way. Justice at Stake Executive Director Bert Brandenburg said the prohibitions are among the only protections of the integrity of these contests that remain today.