Should judges use social media injudiciously
during judicial elections?
Not exact matches
During the
judicial primary
elections September 12, Brooklyn Democratic voters seemed to base their selections for Civil Court judge primarily on gender; immune, apparently, to an ongoing squabble over the process for selecting the nominees, who are virtually guaranteed
election in November given the borough's Democratic tilt.
Sagay, who spoke in his personal capacity on Thursday, said, «This sudden anti-Amaechi narrative is consistent with the objectives and interests of the chief promoters and funders of
judicial corruption
during election petitions.
Ohio is the only state in the country that elects its
judicial candidates via partisan ballots
during the primary
election, but in the fall, the primary -
election winners run as non-partisan candidates
during the general
election.
The Eleventh Circuit relied on Brown v. Hartlage, 456 U.S. 45, 60 - 61 (1982), in striking down these provisions, holding that restrictions on candidate political speech
during elections —
judicial and other
elections alike — must be subject to an actual malice standard.
While the North Carolina Constitution was radically changed after the end of Reconstruction and
during the Jim Crow era to restore some legislative power over the courts,
judicial elections remained.
We are troubled by the campaign ads of several candidates for
Judicial offices
during the current
election cycle.