context: Therefore, we hold that the requirement contained in West Virginia Constitution art. VIII, SS 7, that candidates for the office of circuit judge must have been admitted to the practice of law in the State for five years prior to their election advances the State's compelling interest in securing and maintaining a judiciary well qualified in the law of the jurisdiction.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: city charter provision that a corporation counsel candidate must have been practicing law in City of Seattle at least four years held to be reasonable requirement
citation_a.sentence: See Bullock v. State of Minnesota, 611 F.2d 258 (8th Cir.1979) (similarly constituted provision held to serve compelling state interest); Kraft v. Harris, 18 Wash.App. 432, 568 P.2d 828 (1977) (city charter provision that a corporation counsel candidate must have been practicing law in City of Seattle at least four years held to be reasonable requirement).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: equal protection clause does not prohibit adoption of more rigorous standards for assuring excellence in the judiciary than for other elective offices
citation_b.sentence: See also Trafelet v. Thompson, 594 F.2d 623, 627 (7th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 906, 100 S.Ct. 219, 62 L.Ed.2d 142 (1979) (equal protection clause does not prohibit adoption of more rigorous standards for assuring excellence in the judiciary than for other elective offices).