Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
| Republican Party of Minnesota v. White | |
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| Argued March 26, 2002 Decided June 27, 2002 | |
| Full case name | Republican Party of Minnesota, et al., Petitioners v. Suzanne White, Chairperson, Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards, et al. |
| Docket no. | 01-521 |
| Citations | 536 U.S. 765 (more) 122 S. Ct. 2528; 153 L. Ed. 2d 694; 2002 U.S. LEXIS 4883; 70 U.S.L.W. 4720; 15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 518 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Judgment for defendants, 63 F. Supp. 2d 967 (Minn. 1999); affirmed, 247 F.3d 854 (8th Cir. 2001); cert. granted, 534 U.S. 1054 (2001) |
| Holding | |
| "Announce clauses" of judicial ethics codes which prohibit judicial candidates from announcing their views on how disputed legal or political issues be decided are unconstitutional. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas |
| Concurrence | O'Connor |
| Concurrence | Kennedy |
| Dissent | Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Dissent | Ginsburg, joined by Stevens, Souter, Breyer |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I; Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct 5(A)(3)(d)(i) | |
Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 U.S. 765 (2002), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the First Amendment rights of candidates for judicial office. In a 5–4 decision, the court ruled that Minnesota's announce clause, which forbade candidates for judicial office from announcing their views on disputed legal and political issues, was unconstitutional.