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  1. Free Speech and the Difference Between Elected Officials and Ordinary Citizens

    ... discussed at the COGEL conference placed First Amendment free speech rights far above the obligations of a government official, ... a public officer’s and state employee’s protected free speech voting right." In other words, it employed a balancing test. I ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  2. Public Servants and Free Speech

    ... raised both a legislative immunity and a First Amendment free speech defense in his federal court complaint unsuccessfully seeking an ... (on p. 16) cites the Turner Broadcasting case, saying that "'content neutral laws impact First Amendment rights incidentally," Turner ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  3. Second Round of Chicago Ethics Reforms I - Good Ideas

    ... the ethics board's investigating, there should be no secrets between them. But this isn't how the mayor has recommended that their ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  4. How Views on Government Can Affect Views on Local Government Ethics

    ... Here is a link to the book: http://www.lulu.com/content/1270751 Thank you for the work you do here. ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

  5. Other ethics related resources on the web

    ... Character Education Resources The Content of Our Character: Voices of Generation X Giraffe Project ...

    donmc - 2023-08-02 14:37

  6. Winter Reading: Switch VI - Mindsets, Free Space, Humor, and Failure

    ... can create to embracing a government ethics program. Free Space Toward the end of their book, the Heaths discuss an ... very important to ethics reform from within. The concept is "free space." Free space consists of "small-scale meetings where reformers can ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

  7. The Carrigan Free Speech Case Goes to the Supreme Court - The Florida Amicus Brief

    ... attached a copy of it below. It's interesting that the free speech approach to undermining ethics laws is going to reach the Supreme ... provision is constitutional with respect to First Amendment free speech rights, "four States face strict scrutiny standards, sixteen States ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  8. Fishing for Conflicts

    ... code. According to an article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press , even the city attorney felt that "one could argue" that there ... no violation, according to another article in the Times Free Press ). And yet the campaign contribution isn't even close to ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  9. The Carrigan Free Speech Case Goes to the Supreme Court - The Parties' Briefs

    ... brief . The EC makes a complex, multi-part argument that free speech is not applicable to this matter. I agree with their arguments, for ... respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  10. Little Tin Box

    ... the mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945 known for cleaning up corruption, is being revived later this month for the Encore! ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2013-01-09 07:38 - 0 comments

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