Circuit Judges:
The Judicial Inquiry Commission has considered your request for an opinion concerning
the following questions:

“Would it violate the Canons of Judicial Ethics for circuit and district judges to
allow their names to be used as judges in newspaper advertisements or in other
media in support of a candidate for the Supreme Court of Alabama?”

“Would it violate the Canons of Judicial Ethics for circuit and district judges to
allow their names to be used as judges in newspaper advertisements or in other
media in support of candidates for any judicial office?”