Perspective
May 8, 2015
Judicial independence
Confidence in the judiciary is hard won and easily lost. A recent Supreme Court case should help with the former. By Daniel Brenner
Once Lanell Williams-Yulee decided to run for Hillsborough, Fla., county court judge
in 2009, she launched her campaign with a fund-raising letter to local voters. It
didn't go well. She lost the primary. And the bar charged her with violating that
state's Judicial Conduct Code prohibiting personal solicitation of campaign funds.
The Florida Supreme Court upheld a public reprima...
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