On March 10, 2010, Professor James Sample published his article, Roberts: Corporate $peech Good, Presidential Speech "Very Troubling," in The Huffington Post. The article has been linked and cited to on electionlawblog run by Rick Hasen at Loyola Law School, Howard Bashman's website How Appealing, and scotusblog.

Roberts: Corporate $peech Good, Presidential Speech "Very Troubling"
by James Sample
March 10, 2010

EXCERPT:

The numbers reflect what the public already knows. The political world prior to Citizens United was hardly lacking the corporate perspective. Do corporations have rights? Of course. But they are also creatures of the state, which is why Dahlia Lithwick aptly described Citizens United as the Supreme Court's "Pinnochio Project." Corporations don't go to jail; don't face execution; don't vote; do have eternal life; and are different from regular citizens in all sorts of meaningful ways, particularly when it comes to matters of political process. Perhaps, in light of the ongoing census, in the new civics paradigm, Delaware should have more congressional seats than California?

On Monday, February 22, 2010, Professors Ronald J. Colombo, Daniel J.H. Greenwood, Julian G. Ku, and James J. Sample participated in a panel discussion entitled Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: A step forward or a step backward for freedom and democracy?

Professor James Sample was quotes in the following New York Times article.

Hanging a ‘For Sale’ Sign Over the Judiciary
by Dorothy Samuels
January 29, 2010

EXCERPT:

Thoughtful candidates known to look at the law on a case-by-case basis will be at a distinct disadvantage, forecasts Professor James Sample, a judicial elections expert at Hofstra Law School. The accelerated money war, he warns, will inevitably polarize the bench “because more moderate candidates are unlikely to be considered a bankable vote by any special interest group investing heavily in judicial campaigns.”

On Tuesday, February 9, 2010, Professor James Sample will be speaking at an exclusive educational symposium entitled, "Options for an Independent Judiciary in Michigan." The event is hosted by Wayne State University School of Law and the American Board of Trial Advocates.

This nonpartisan, invite-only symposium will explore options for election/selection that promote an independent judiciary in Michigan. It will present various potential reforms to the process of electing or selecting Michigan's justices in 2020 and beyond.

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will be the keynote speaker. Among the other speakers are retired Colorado Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Kourlis, Seth Andersen of the American Judicature Society, Rich Robinson of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, Jesse Rutledge of the National Center for State Courts, Dr. Daryl Yost of the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center and Robert Sedler of Wayne Law.

Professor James Sample was cited in multiple articles for his work on judicial elections in the Harvard Law Review. Three references are to a 2006 report Professor Sample co-authored on campaign fundraising in judicial elections entitled, "The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2006: How 2006 Was the Most Threatening Year Yet to the Fairness and Impartiality of Our Courts - and How Americans Are Fighting Back." Professor Sample is presently working on a subsequent edition of the New Politics of Judicial Elections report, which will come out in late December of this year or early January 2010.

The case comment introducing the three commentaries cites a report on campaign fundraising by state supreme court candidates that Professor Sample co-authored entitled, "Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.: Due Process Limitations on the Appearance of Judicial Bias."

Professor Penny White’s article Relinquished Responsibilities cites the “New Politics of Judicial Elections: 2006” twice, and also cites an article Professor Sample co-authored in the Washburn Law Journal.