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Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar: Is Justice for Sale on the Campaign Trail?

Last Tuesday’s Supreme Court argument in Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar was the latest chapter in the Court’s struggle to balance electoral candidates’ right to solicit campaign donations against the appearance or actual threat of corruption that arises when litigants or attorneys donate to a judge’s election campaign and later appear before that same judge in court.

January 28, 2015

Last Tuesday’s Supreme Court argument in Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar was the latest chapter in the Court’s struggle to balance electoral candidates’ right to solicit campaign donations against the appearance or actual threat of corruption that arises when litigants or attorneys donate to a judge’s election campaign and later appear before that same judge in court…

View the full article by Meryl Chertoff, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Justice & Society Program, on the IAALS website: http://online.iaals.du.edu/2015/01/28/williams-yulee-v-florida-bar-is-justice-for-sale-on-the-campaign-trail/

http://online.iaals.du.edu/2015/01/28/williams-yulee-v-florida-bar-is-justice-for-sale-on-the-campaign-trail/