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  1. The Defense of the Nevada Legislative Immunity Amendment Falls Short

    ... is the fact that the amendment expressly points (in Section 1(3); see attachment to yesterday's blog post) to U.S. Supreme Court precedents ...

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

  2. Local Legislative Immunity Bill in Virginia Fails

    ... of defamation,  Isle of Wight County v. Nogiec (Jan. 13, 2011), found that local officials have an absolute privilege with respect ...

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

  3. Misleading Orange County (CA) Ethics Initiative

    ... enforcing San Bernardino’s campaign finance law. However, 13 months into the contract, the FPPC had billed the county little more than ...

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

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

    ... by the U.S. Supreme Court is the following sentence on page 13: [R]estrictions on an elected official’s ability to perform his ...

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

  5. Ethics Commissions: Independence and Managing Staff

    ... of a public financing board. The New York commission's 13 members are selected as follows:  7 by the governor, and one each by the ...

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

  6. Our Nation's Trust Deficit

    ... feelings are not limited to adults. Two-thirds of teens, 13 – 17 years old (68%) also agree that the federal government needs better ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2008-10-29 17:41 - 0 comments

  7. A Restricted Source Involved in a Preferential Arrest and a Questionable Third-Party Candidacy

    ... New York Times , the game in Nassau County, NY (pop. 1.3 million) was putting up a third-party candidate for county executive in ...

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

  8. The Latest on Placement Agents

    ... pension boards, the board members knew nothing about the $13 million in placement agent payments that were paid to the firms that handled ...

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

  9. Ethics News from San Diego

    ... criticisms). You can read the discussion or listen to it (13 minutes long). Topics that arise include selection of EC members ...

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

  10. Definitions

    ... by certain action or inaction with respect to it. 13. "Relative" means a spouse, child, step-child, brother, sister, parent or ... when they are not covered by ethics codes. Subsection 13: Some cities follow the IMLA Model Code by defining "relatives," generally ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:04 - 1 comment

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