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2015 United States Supreme Court case
Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar Full case name Lanell Williams-Yulee, Petitioner v. The Florida Bar Docket no. 13-1499 Citations 575 U.S. 433 (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 Prior On writ of certiorari So. 3d 379 (Fla. 2014) 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.
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Majority Roberts (except as to Part II), joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan Plurality Roberts (Part II), joined by Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan Concurrence Breyer Concurrence Ginsburg (in part and in judgment), joined by Breyer (Part II) Dissent Scalia, joined by Thomas Dissent Kennedy Dissent Alito U.S. Const. amend. I , Florida Code of Judicial Conduct Canon 7C(1)
Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar 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] strict scrutiny .[ 2]
At issue in the case was a Florida law which barred judges from personally soliciting campaign funds. However, judges could still set up a committee in order to raise campaign funds. Williams-Yulee was a judicial candidate in Hillsborough County, Florida , who sent out a soliciting letter for campaign contributions. She also posted the letter to her website. Williams-Yulee lost her campaign to the incumbent judge. The Florida Bar filed a complaint against her for violating the law shortly afterwards.[ 1]
The effects of the ruling has been a point of discussion among academics. For instance, Josh Wheeler writing for SCOTUSBlog raised concerns about greater restrictions on judicial speech and the weakening of the strict scrutiny standard.[ 3]
Public displays Statutory religious Public funding Religion in Private religious speech Internal church affairs Taxpayer standing Blue laws Other
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Incitement sedition Defamation andfalse speech Fighting words andheckler's veto True threats Obscenity
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Organizations Future Conduct Solicitation Membership restriction Primaries and elections
