In Re Chmura

This disciplinary matter involves a challenge to the constitutionality of Canon 7(B)(1)(d) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which governs public communications by candidates for judicial office. 1 We hold that Canon 7(B)(1)(d) is facially unconstitutional. We therefore narrow the canon to prohibit a candidate from either knowingly or recklessly using forms of public communication that are false. Accordingly, we amend Canon 7(B)(1)(d) to provide that a candidate for judicial office: “should not knowingly, or with reckless disregard, use or participate in the use of any form of public…