Lots of states have elected judges who are therefore part of the political process. I don’t see how laws prohibiting their donations aren’t prohibiting their free speech rights.
That doesnt mean you can’t take their donations into account when you decide how to vote.
Judges are expected to give up partisanship in order to remain impartial on the bench.
If they want to excercise the full spectrum of free speech they need to step down from the bench. They know this when they take the job.
Trump’s lawyers can use this to demand recusal.
Judges are expected to give up partisanship in order to remain impartial on the bench.
If they want to excercise the full spectrum of free speech they need to step down from the bench. They know this when they take the job.
Trump’s lawyers can use this to demand recusal.
It is not a law, it is part of the code of conduct. Judges should, in fact must, at least appear to be impartial.