1.   Although many states frown on judges endorsing politicians, California judges are allowed to endorse judicial candidates.

2.   And he is forthright about his strong support for three judicial candidates, one of whom is black, one Hispanic and one Italian-American.

3.   And so it follows that three elected judicial candidates referred by the screening panel earlier this fall for two vacancies on the Manhattan-Bronx court are Democrats.

4.   As a state judicial candidate, Mr. Wallace shamelessly appealed to racist tactics, at times drawing Ku Klux Klan support, which he utilized during future campaigns.

5.   Bar unopposed judicial candidates from raising campaign contributions after the filing deadline.

6.   Allow judicial candidates to file for the nomination of more than one party.

7.   But a president may not know the basic ideology or the degree of independence of a judicial candidate he nominates for confirmation by the Senate.

8.   But a former judicial candidate argues that such limits are an unconstitutional violation of his First Amendment right to free speech.

9.   But in an especially odd chapter, Senate Republicans are expected to vote to block the Democrats from filibustering on three judicial candidates, all Clinton nominees.

10.   But Jerry Brown, the former governor who signed into law the bill creating the commission, said he puts great stock in its screening of judicial candidates.