In an opinion authored by Chief Justice Roberts the Supreme Court has rejected a First Amendment challenge to Florida’s ban on the personal solicitation of campaign contributions by judicial candidates.
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The big question will be whether spending limits and limits on super pacs in judicial elections can now pass constitutional muster. It would be strange to have a judicial election where super pacs can raise unlimited anonymous funds to smear a judicial candidate, but the candidate her/himself cannot solicit campaign funds.
The opinions are all over the place with this decision muddying the waters of Citizen United and in my opinion weakening Citizen United significantly.