In Re the Code of Judicial Conduct

ORDER

In Republican Party of Minnesota v. Kelly, 247 F.3d 854 (8th Cir.2001), cert. granted, 122 S.Ct. 643 (U.S. Dec. 3, 2001) (No. 01-521), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that the provision in the Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct that prohibits a candidate for judicial office from announcing “his or her views on disputed legal or political issues,” Canon 5(A)(3)(d)(i) (the announce clause), as construed by the district court in Republican Party of Minnesota v. Kelly, 63 F.Supp.2d 967 (D.Minn.1999), is narrowly tailored to further compelling state interests.…