822 F. Supp. 2d 925 - Wolfson v. Brammer’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Connick v. Myers · Buckley v. Valeo · City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · Garcetti v. Ceballos
Most-quoted passages
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“rejected] the suggestion that judicial candidates ought to enjoy greater freedom to engage in partisan polities than sitting judges. An asymmetrical electoral process for judges is unworkable. Fundamental fairness requires a level playing field among judicial contenders. Candidates for judicial office must abide by the same rules imposed on the judges they hope to become.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Wolfson v. Concannon
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