Com. v. Papp, K.

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• holding that it violated the First Amendment to prohibit announcement of views on disputed legal and political issues by candidates for judicial election
• holding that it violated the First Amendment to prohibit announeomont of views on disputed legal and political issues by candidates for judicial election
• recognizing that speech about the qualifications of candidates for public office is within a category of speech “at the core of our First Amendment freedoms”
• holding that State government had the burden of proving constitutionality of a law restraining judicial election candidates from announcing their political views
• holding that “prohibiting candidates for judicial election from announcing their views on disputed legal and political issues violates the First Amendment”
• holding that a prohibition on candidates for state judgeships from announcing their views on political issues is a content-based restriction

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