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"Ohio Supreme Court Rules of Judicial Conduct Amendments"

This post was written by Chuck Kallendorf: "Taking action in response to the decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last month in Carey v. Wolnitzek that struck down similar rules in Kentucky, the Ohio Supreme Court has amended portions of two of its Rules of Judicial Conduct governing disclosure of political party affiliation and solicitations of campaign contributions by judicial candidates.

The Court's announcement, yesterday, said in the "Comment portion" of revised Rule 4.2, the Justices adopted language urging judicial candidates to minimize references to their party affiliation in campaign materials, while revised Rule 4.4 contains an explanation of the continued need for a prohibition on the personal solicitation or receipt of campaign contributions.

The amendments became effective today.

Text of Amendments

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Source: Hamilton County Law Library Blog, 12 August 2010. Reproduced with permission.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on August 13, 2010 (boomark / email).