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The Ethics of Representation Without Taxation
... is also such a thing as representation without taxation. How bad is that? What effect does it have on government and, more particularly, ... in return for the gift of not having to pay for any of it. How can this situation not corrupt government officials? And how can ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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The Legal Language May Be About Benefits, But It's Really About Trust
... that the D.A.'s wife is their political consultant. How many defense attorneys are going to (or at least want to) demand recusal, ... is not one of their first choices? More important, how many defendants are going to feel the system is rigged against them? ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Circuit Judge in Chicago Gets the Government Attorney-Client Privilege Wrong
... by the city's corporation counsel. Here's how the inspector general put it: The decision gives the mayor and his corporation counsel final word on whether and how far the inspector general can proceed with an investigation into the upper ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: Corruption and American Politics II - Mark Warren's Essay
... to be suckered. It's not just that they're concerned with how their tax dollars are spent. That goes without saying. There are ... post on Warren's theory of duplicitous exclusion .) How We Trust Warren shares some useful perspectives on trust. For example, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: Corruption and American Politics IV - Wayne Le Cheminant's Essay
... them by politicians is a very important part of the story of how the polity perceives and deals with corruption. Le Cheminant believes that how corruption is presented by politicians is very important. [C]orruption ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Nagle on Withdrawal As Cure for Campaign Contributions
... of large contributions in order to play. Here is how Nagle put his proposal: [A]llow contributors to give whatever they want ... unfortunately has scarcely been experimented with. How Contributors and Candidates Would Respond to the Nagle Approach Nagle's ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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In NJ, Large Campaign Contributors Have a Conflicted Relationship
... our founding fathers, but I'm sure they embraced it). How It Works How does this rule work? When a matter comes before an elected official that ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Campaign Finance and the Perception of Independence of a Chief Financial Officer
... to do with the new contribution limit, but is an example of how forward-looking she is and, therefore, how qualified she is to be Comptroller. The issue isn't how forward-looking she is, the issue is how forward-looking or ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Winter Reading: Lawyers As (Ethics) Leaders
... — are lawyers. The first thing that Rhode notes is how unusual the U.S. is in the large percentage of its elected officials who are lawyers. This certainly has something to do with how legalistic government ethics is, including (1) the focus on laws and ...
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Employers Seeking to Affect Employees' Political Participation
... most of the top elected and appointed officials. And I saw how town employees were expected to go to Town Meetings and vote with the ... over their employees' lives, and any statement regarding how they vote, especially when layoffs are mentioned, makes it hard for ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
