Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
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Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 U.S. 765 (2002), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the First Amendment rights of candidates for judicial office. In a 5–4 decision, the court ruled that Minnesota's announce clause, which forbade candidates for judicial office from announcing their views on disputed legal and political issues, was unconstitutional.
Quick Facts Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, Argued March 26, 2002 Decided June 27, 2002 ...
Republican Party of Minnesota v. White | |
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Argued March 26, 2002 Decided June 27, 2002 | |
Full case name | Republican Party of Minnesota, et al., Petitioners v. Suzanne White, Chairperson, Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards, et al. |
Docket no. | 01-521 |
Citations | 536 U.S. 765 (more) 122 S. Ct. 2528; 153 L. Ed. 2d 694; 2002 U.S. LEXIS 4883; 70 U.S.L.W. 4720; 15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 518 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | Judgment for defendants, 63 F. Supp. 2d 967 (Minn. 1999); affirmed, 247 F.3d 854 (8th Cir. 2001); cert. granted, 534 U.S. 1054 (2001) |
Holding | |
"Announce clauses" of judicial ethics codes which prohibit judicial candidates from announcing their views on how disputed legal or political issues be decided are unconstitutional. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas |
Concurrence | O'Connor |
Concurrence | Kennedy |
Dissent | Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Dissent | Ginsburg, joined by Stevens, Souter, Breyer |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I; Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct 5(A)(3)(d)(i) |
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