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One is required to swear, under penalty of perjury, in a signed and witnessed document, that one has abided by the laws pertaining to public disclosure of campaign funding. One is not required to sign anything swearing that one has abided by the canons of judicial ethics. The folks who lose judicial elections are off the hook, in any event. No one in this state has ever initiated a disciplinary proceeding against a judge who ran a successful campaign, alleging that he/she violated the judicial canons by complying with the public disclosure law. Sometimes, one has simply to be pragmatic and pray that good sense will prevail, should one ever be called to account.
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Pragmatism - the lesser of two evils, yes. One wonders, however, why whoever comes up with these rules doesn't weed out the contradictions. Unless, of course, it's a deliberate "gotcha" built in so that if they ever do want to hammer someone they've got a rod they prepared earlier.
Thanks for the explanation, padre.
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My pleasure, Cap. I'm off for a few days to a judicial conference. Mind the store, eh?
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Been to a few of them myself. At least, every conference I attend always boils down to a judicious choice between attending the conference sessions and getting admitted to the bar in the local pubs ...
Have fun!
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