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Proposed Legislation On Judicial Election Campaign Finance, Roy A. Schotland
Proposed Legislation On Judicial Election Campaign Finance, Roy A. Schotland
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In light of the recent extraordinary rise in judicial campaign spending, illustrated in Ohio's 2000 judicial elections (and elsewhere, and in Ohio again in 2002), we must consider improving the Model Code of Judicial Conduct. The 1999 amendments to the Code addressed campaign finance, but did not address two major problems. The first one is the absence of limits on aggregate contributions from law firms; only Texas has such limits. This gap allows large contributions from law firms to go to judges presiding in cases in which those firms participate, circumventing the recusal and disqualification triggers. The second problem is …
Judicial Elections And Campaign Finance Reform, Roy A. Schotland
Judicial Elections And Campaign Finance Reform, Roy A. Schotland
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In the judicial realm, the issue of campaign finance cuts across all states that use any form of election as part of their selection or retention system, whether the elections are partisan or non-partisan. The raising of money for campaigns is a task that has to be performed in all states that use any form of election. Like many other things that we have discussed today it seems to involve a sort of balancing act. The state certainly has a strong interest in protecting the integrity of its judiciary and encouraging the public perception of the judiciary as an institution …