Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, Amicus Curiae
J. Joshua Wheeler, Counsel of Record
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group founded in 1990 to protect First Amendment rights. J. Joshua Wheeler is a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on November 24, 2014. Speech in the context of electoral contests receives the greatest protection under the First Amendment. No restriction can stand unless it is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling State interest. Canon 7C(1) of Florida’s Code of Judicial Conduct does not serve…
