The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that prohibitions on corporate-funded mass media in federal elections are unconstitutional. This ruling will almost certainly apply to like efforts by labor unions and lawyers and to the election of judges in 39 states. Whether we know it yet or not, the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, will come to be seen as the third horseman of the apocalypse for lawyers, judges, and those who favor the direct election of state judges. 

Standing alone, Citizens United does not necessarily condemn state judicial elections, but it hardly stands alone. In ...

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