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Not every case that satisfies our criteria will be included, but these criteria serve to guide our decisions as to whether a case merits inclusion. Question One: Does the case set or overturn an existing legal precedent such that the case: (a) materially affects a politically significant population or subpopulation, or (b) substantively relates to an area of editorial interest to Ballotpedia, or (c) reverses an established, longstanding precedent (greater than 50 years) and/or was established through a court of last resort? If the answer to any of these is yes, we may consider the case noteworthy. If the answer to all of these is no, we proceed to a secondary analysis. Question Two: Is the ruling being used against a sitting judge or a judicial nominee in a public way (election campaigns, reappointment campaigns, impeachment/recall proceedings) and has the judge/nominee commented (or had opportunity to comment) upon the complaints? If the answer to this question is yes, we may consider the case noteworthy. If the answer is no, we consider one additional criterion. Question Three: Is the case receiving state and/or federal coverage in traditional, wide-circulation mass media that names and directly quotes the judge? If the answer to this question is yes, we may consider the case noteworthy. In addition to the criteria listed above, Ballotpedia reserves the right to include cases falling outside the scope of these criteria should an editorial judgment be made that the case merits inclusion. 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