Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, et al., Amici Curiae
Paula S. Bickett, Counsel of Record
Arizona, Arkansas, and Idaho are joined in this brief by eight other States. Paula S. Bickett is the chief counsel for the Civil Appeals Section of the Arizona Solicitor General’s Office. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 23, 2014. The Federal and State courts that have upheld judicial code provisions that prohibit judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions have uniformly found that these provisions further the compelling interests of preserving judicial impartiality and the appearance of judicial impartiality — interests that this Court recognized as…
