. >> and a person who had a case penning before the court -- almost like what gresh sham wrote -- the person with the case pending before the court, wanted this particular person to be elected, so he dumped a tremendous amount of -- millions of dollars into that person's campaign. and the person won, and then predictably the person voted in favor of the litigants and it was a split decision so it reversed the lower court decision that was against the litigant, to a supreme court decision in favor of the litigant. under those circumstances, the supreme court held that it was just too much of an appearance of impropriety. especially given the amount of money that was dumped into the campaign. >> do you see this as being something where there could be a different set of juris prince in judicial elections or a question of bringing due process, perception of corruption charges versus a first amendment issue? >> i think that the citizens united decision is broader than the caperton decision. when you're dealing with first amendment issues, political speech, it's applied to any election, whe

. >> and a person who had a case penning before the court -- almost like what gresh sham wrote -- the person with the case pending before the court, wanted this particular person to be elected, so he dumped a tremendous amount of -- millions of dollars into that person's campaign. and the person won, and then predictably the person voted in favor of the litigants and it was a split decision so it reversed the lower court decision that was against the litigant, to a supreme court decision in favor of the litigant. under those circumstances, the supreme court held that it was just too much of an appearance of impropriety. especially given the amount of money that was dumped into the campaign. >> do you see this as being something where there could be a different set of juris prince in judicial elections or a question of bringing due process, perception o corruption charges versus a first amendment issue? >> i think that the citizens united decision is broader than the caperton decision. when you're dealing with first amendment issues, political speech, it's applied to any election, whet