In the Matter of Sanders

How courts have described this case

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• “Ajudge does not surrender First Amendment rights upon becoming a member of the judiciary.”
• “The distinction between a candidate for judicial office and a sitting judge is that the candidate has an additional attribute of free expression to weigh in the balance — that of the electorate’s right to be informed.”
• extrajudicial comments considered subject to discipline, but Commission's recommendation reversed
• “Courts have frequently recognized the First Amendment rights possessed by a candidate for political office.... We see no reason why the sample principles should not apply to speech by a sitting judge, albeit with somewhat less force? (emphasis added)
• extrajudicial comments considered subject to discipline, but Commission’s recommendation reversed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).