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Free Speech and the Difference Between Elected Officials and Ordinary Citizens
... Amendment free speech rights far above the obligations of a government official, employing a strict scrutiny approach where a simple due ... to overturn an advisory opinion of the state ethics commission in a case I carefully reviewed in a July blog post . ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ford's Pardon of Nixon: The Importance of Thoughtful Ethics Enforcement
... is important because it shows two important things about government ethics enforcement. First, how ethics rules are enforced is more important than ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 12:57 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
Body: Legal Disciplinary Proceeding as Ethics Enforcement Forum Occasionally, government ethics enforcement spills out from ethics and criminal proceedings ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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New city ethics regulations face first challenges
... BETH KORMANIK, The Times-Union The city's Ethics Commission believes the rules are clear: Lobbyists must list the ... - including attorney Paul Harden, who sent a letter to Ethics Officer Carla Miller on Monday arguing that he did not have to list ...
donmc - 2008-04-16 19:15
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Political Activity on the Job
Body: The ethics provision that is probably most consistently violated is the one about ... of office to coerce subordinates, one of the worst things a government official can do (see an earlier blog entry on such coercion). ... code provision involves a specific form of misuse of local government property as well as misuse of government time for personal ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Soliciting Funds for a Conference and an Arts Center
Body: There are some interesting ethics issues being raised in Madison, Wisconsin. The mayor of Madison was ... is that the ethics board is very limited in its approach to government ethics. It starts out saying that it can't determine if the gifts ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Example of Backsliding
... engage in backsliding shortly after creating or improving a government ethics program. When there has been a scandal, councils often go further than ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Conflicts of a Newspaper Owner with Governmental Interests
... community to protect can lead one to thoughts of extending government ethics into the fourth estate. This is the case in Philadelphia, according to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Vernon, the Dragons, and the Knights
... Yes, boys and girls, it's time for another episode of every government ethics lover's favorite tale, Vernon and the Dragons. In the last episode, back ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An End-of-Year Miscellany
... end of the year, but there has still been some news on the government ethics front. The Boston Globe has called for the state to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
