Legal Opinion
McDonald v. Ethics Committee of the Kentucky Judiciary
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 1999No. 99-SC-00531-OAPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLER, Justice.
Eight retired judges who previously served as elected regular Judges at various levels of the Kentucky Court of Justice move this Court pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 4.310(4) to review Kentucky Judicial Ethics Committee Opinion JE-95. We must determine whether Supreme Court Rule 4.300, Canon 5 A(l)(b) of the Kentucky Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits retired judges who subjectively intend to accept future appointments as special judges from endorsing nonpartisan judicial political candidates.
Kentucky Constitution Section 121 gives the Kentucky Supreme Court the authority to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Widmar v. VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Valentine v. ChrestensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- In Re PrimusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Ernest N. Morial v. Judiciary Commission of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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