Public Citizen and Democracy 21, Amici Curiae
Scott L. Nelson, Counsel of Record
Public Citizen is an advocacy organization that works, in part, to prevent corruption in public office. Democracy 21 is a nonprofit group dedicated to limiting the influence of big money in U.S. politics. Scott L. Nelson is an attorney in the Public Citizen Litigation Group. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 23, 2014. States that choose to give their citizens a direct say in electing judges do not forfeit the right to protect the appearance and reality of a fair judicial system. Elected judges, no less…
