Electing judges creates an inherent conflict between ruling wisely and impartially and ruling the way The People want you to rule. I don't see how loosening rules about fundraising related to such elections will make that conflict any better.
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Make Judicial Elections Even More Corrupt
At first glance, Lanell Williams-Yulee’s legal fight against the Florida Bar has an appealingly underdogish aura about it. In 2009, Williams-Yulee declared her candidacy for county court judge in Hillsborough County, launching her campaign with a mass-mail fundraising letter that asked for “an early contribution” to help her “raise the…
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