Judges, others want Court to weigh in on judicial campaign speech
By Marcia Coyle
The National Law Journal
September 30, 2010

Excerpt:
Easterbrook’s credentials as “a conservative superstar can scarcely be overstated,” said judicial election scholar James Sample of Hofstra University School of Law. “His opinion is a resounding affirmation of the principles underlying codes of judicial conduct in the states. I think his opinion is some indication folks like Mr. Bopp represent the ideological extreme position at odds with a majority of Americans on the left and right alike.”