Moon v. Halverson

I concur in the interpretation given the statute, but I cannot concur in the language which tends to place the stamp of this court's approval on party endorsements of "nonpolitical" candidates especially as to those endorsements of judicial candidates. When candidates for such offices were placed on a nonpartisan ballot it was, it seems to me, the purpose of the legislature to lift the judgeships above sordid political influence and to free the candidates from obligation to a political party so that if elected they might render judicial instead of partisan political decisions on matters where…