"ALBANY, N.Y. -- State rules that largely bar judges and candidates for the bench from campaigning are constitutional, the state's highest court decided Tuesday."
"The pair of rulings by the Court of Appeals effectively put the state Commission on Judicial Conduct back into the business of regulating politicking by judges and judicial candidates."
"Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down restrictions on campaign statements by judges in Minnesota. But the New York court said Tuesday that the state's rules are different from Minnesota's because they restrict candidates' statements during campaigns without prohibiting them outright," Newsday.com reports. Law.com NY chimes in on the story here.