Legislative Immunity

The Nevada legislative immunity appellate briefs have been filed, and
they are worth reading for those interested in the intersection between government ethics enforcement and legislative
immunity, an intersection where, in the last year, there have been a few collisions harmful to the cause of government ethics. Although this case involves a state legislator, it is in some ways applicable to local government legislators.<br>
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I have treated the legislative immunity litigation in Rhode Island as
the least relevant to other states and to local governments, because the ethics program was set
up pursuant to a special constitutional convention. But <a href="http://www.northhaveninfo.org/resources/RI+CC+brief+0309.pdf&quot; target="”_blank”">an
amicus brief</a> filed this week by Common Cause of RI and the League

Massachusetts House Speaker Sal DiMasi will be resigning his house seat
tomorrow, according to <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/26/dima…; target="”_blank”">an