Respondent replied by letter dated December 5, 1997. The administrator replied by letter dated December 9, 1997. Respondent has been a justice of the Supreme Court since January 1, 1997. Respondent ran for Supreme Court in the fall of 1996. The menace of drugs.
Sexual predators terrorize our lives.
Bill Polito will stick his foot in the revolving door of justice. Charge I of the Formal Written Complaint is sustained, and respondent's misconduct is established. The campaign activities of a judicial candidate are significantly circumscribed. A judicial candidate relinquishes the First Amendment right to participate as others in the political process. To do so compromises the judge's impartiality.