Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (1999)
Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
Decided March 29, 1999Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Representative Glover,
¶ 0 This office has received your request for an Attorney General Opinion. You have asked, in effect, the following question:
Does Section 1404 of Title 20, which mandates that a judicialofficer must vacate his office when he becomes a candidate forany nonjudicial or judicial office, violate the First Amendmentor the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to theConstitution of the United States of America?
¶ 1 You inquired about a particular portion of a statute, 20O.S. Supp. 1998, § 1404[20-1404], which reads:
A. As used in this section, the term…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bullock v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter CarriersSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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