Jurist offers continued coverage of the Third Circuit’s decision to strike down a Pittsburgh ordinance that placed restrictions on protesters outside of medical clinics that offer abortion services.
The State Bar of Wisconsin reports that the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices have imposed new rules clarifying that judges do not need to recuse themselves from the cases of litigants who donated to their campaigns. In adopting this new rule, the Wisconsin Supreme Court accepted the proposals of the Wisconsin Realtors Association and the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Trade Group, and rejected a petition by the Leage of Women Voters that would have required recusal when a candidate received $1000 or more from a litigant in the preceding two years. According to the article, at least one justice and some of the parties against recusal requirements cited the First Amendment and the chilling effect of such restrictions on political speech as the reason not to impose them.