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By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

EDITORIALTC PALM Editorial: Judicial Candidates Hide Behind Florida Bar's Restrictive Free-Speech CanonFlorida's sparsely contested judicial contests continue to suffer from a lack of transparencyFlorida has 162 Circuit Court judgeships up for grabs this year. So far, just 23 of those races are contested and only five incumbents face a challenge. Voters might infer that the current crop of sitting judges is doing such a spectacular job that no competition is necessary. That questionable inference is buttressed by the Florida Bar, which effectively muzzles campaign debate via the "Code of Judicial Conduct." Canon 7 prevents judicial candidates from making "pledges or promises of conduct in office other than the faithful and impartial performance of the duties of the office...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on March 30, 2008 (boomark / email).