Legal Opinion
Kansas Judicial Review v. Stout
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 17, 2009No. 06-3290PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
Until March 1, 2009, the Kansas Code of Judicial Conduct (“Code”) prohibited candidates for state judicial office from making certain kinds of pledges and commitments and from personally soliciting support for their campaigns. Kansas Judicial Review (“KJR”), the Honorable Charles M. Hart, and the Honorable Robb Rumsey obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the District of Kansas forbidding enforcement of three clauses contained in the Code: (1) the Pledges Clause, (2) the Commits Clause, and (3) the Solicitation Clause (together “the old canons”).…
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