KANSAS JUDICIAL REVIEW v. STOUT

KANSAS JUDICIAL REVIEW; The Honorable Charles M. Hart; The Honorable Robb Rumsey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Mike L. STOUT, in his official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Jennifer L. Jones, in her official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Nancy Anstaett, in her official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Patrick Brazil, in his official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Theodore B. Ice, in his official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Christina Pannbacker, in her official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; William B. Swearer, in his official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Carolyn Tillotson, in her official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Robert Fleming, in his official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Bruce Buchanan, in his official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Mary Davidson Cohen, in her official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Robert A. Creighton, in his official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; David J. King, in his official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Lawrence E. Sheppard, in his official capacity as a Member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Edward G. Collister, Jr., in his official capacity as Commission Examiner for the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications; Stanton A. Hazlett, in his official capacity as Disciplinary Administrator; Frank D. Diehl, in his official capacity as Deputy Disciplinary Administrator; Alexander M. Walczak, in his official capacity as Deputy Disciplinary Administrator; Janith A. Davis, in her official capacity as Deputy Disciplinary Administrator; Gayle B. Larkin, in her official capacity as Admissions Attorney, Defendants-Appellants. Association of Judicial Disciplinary Counsel; National Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Judicial Campaign Conduct; Columbus Bar Association; Dade County Bar Association; King County Bar Association; Georgia Committee for Ethical Judicial Campaigns; South Dakota's Special Committee on Judicial Election Campaign Intervention; Conocophillips, Emerson; General Electric Company; General Mills, Inc.; General Motors Corporation; Halliburton Company; JP Morgan Chase & Co.; Motorola, Inc; Pepsico; Phelps Dodge Corporation; Texas Instruments Incorporated; Time Warner Inc.; Wyeth; The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School; Conference of Chief Justices, Amici Curiae.