, attack advertising, and election results for state supreme courts from 2002 to 2008. The book successfully undercuts … substantive basis for voting on judicial candidates; and that attack advertising perniciously compromises partisan incumbents' re-election … book's findings, our work suggests that judges are increasingly hostile to criminal defendants in criminal cases, to win re-election …

. Federal Election Commission. The moment that these decisions were announced, their connection undoubtedly crystallized for … interconnected manner, Professor Michael LeRoy delivers an important empirical study, "Partisan Election of Judges: Equal Justice … whether it can be “equal” in United States courts. Citizens United, Caperton v. Massey and "Partisan Election of Judges: Equal …

This essay addresses the proper scope of judicial intervention in the field of election administration. It argues that … the Supreme Court would generally do best to leave issues of election administration to the lower courts, at least in the … short term. The essay begins by surveying the doctrinal and institutional changes resulting from Florida's 2000 election …