Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar
Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar, 575 U.S. ___ (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the First Amendment did not prohibit States from barring judges and judicial candidates from personally soliciting funds for their election campaigns since that specific restriction on candidate's speech was deemed to be narrowly tailored to serve the compelling interest of keeping the judiciary impartial.[1]
| Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar | |
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| Argued January 20, 2015 Decided April 29, 2015 | |
| Full case name | Lanell Williams-Yulee, Petitioner v. The Florida Bar |
| Docket no. | 13-1499 |
| Citations | 575 U.S. ___ (more) 135 S. Ct. 1656; 191 L. Ed. 2d 570; 83 U.S.L.W. 4269; 25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 213; 2015 WL 1913912; 2015 U.S. LEXIS 2983 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | On writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida; Fla. Bar v. Williams-Yulee, 138 So. 3d 379 (Fla. 2014) |
| Holding | |
| The First Amendment does not prohibit States from barring judges and judicial candidates from personally soliciting funds for their election campaigns, provided the restriction on speech is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest. Supreme Court of Florida affirmed. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Roberts, joined by Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan; Ginsburg (except as to Part II) |
| Concurrence | Breyer |
| Concurrence | Ginsburg, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, joined by Breyer (except as to Part II) |
| Dissent | Scalia, joined by Thomas |
| Dissent | Kennedy |
| Dissent | Alito |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I, Florida Code of Judicial Conduct Canon 7C(1) | |
References
- Andrew Lessig, "Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar: Judicial Elections as the Exception", The DIGEST: National Italian American Bar Association Law Journal, Apr. 24, 2016.
External links
- Text of Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar, 575 U.S. ___ (2015) is available from: Cornell Google Scholar Justia Oyez (oral argument audio)
- SCOTUSblog coverage
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