U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
May 6, 2015
Surprising alliance on campaign speech
In Williams-Yulee, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a majority that found him joining with the court's four liberal justices.
Charles S. Doskow
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
Email: dosklaw@aol.com
Harvard Law School
Charles is a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and in 2012 was awarded the chapter's Erwin Chemerinsky Defender of the Constitution award.
One day in September 2009, Lanell Williams-Yulee, a lawyer in Florida, having decided to run for a seat in the county court in Hillsborough County, Fla., wrote and circulated a letter announcing her candidacy for judge and asking for contributions to her campaign.
Her letter garnered her no money, and she lost the election. But the letter did earn for her the attention of the Florida Bar, which regarded it as a violation of its rule...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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