TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 17, 2021

The Tennessee Republican Party has decided to drop judges and judicial candidates from a new rule that requires a fee to run in primary elections because of a recent ethics opinion, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. The Judicial Ethics Committee issued an opinion on Sept. 7 that "generally prohibits a judge from paying an assessment to a political organization." The Republican State Executive Committee discussed the issue at length during its Dec. 4 meeting and subsequently voted this week to remove judges from the rule, which would have required judicial candidates to pay $500 to run as Republicans. Yahoo News has the story.