This Thursday at 9 a.m. (!), I’ll be taking part in an American Constitution Society event at the National Press Club on Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar, which will be argued in the Supreme Court on January 20. The case presents the question whether a law that bars candidates for elective judicial office from “personally solicit[ing] campaign funds” violates the First Amendment. (The case might also be resolved on a narrower ground—that such a law, even if facially valid, can’t constitutionally be applied against the conduct that Williams-Yulee engaged in, which consisted of signing a mass mailing and posting the signed letter on her campaign website.)

This Washington Post article from today provides an overview. I will probably sketch my own thoughts about the case later this week.