Supreme Court Upholds Limits on Judicial Fundraising

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Florida rule that said that candidates for judicial office could not personally solicit funds while they are candidates.

"Judges are not politicians, even when they come to the bench by way of the ballot," Chief Justice John Roberts in an opinion joined by the liberals on the bench. "A State may assure its people that judges will apply the law without fear or favor—and without having personally asked anyone for money."

Thirty-nine states use elections to select some of their judges, and 30 of those limit the ways that judicial candidates...