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1. Nevada Senator Given Legislative Immunity from Ethics Commission Jurisdiction

   Body:  A Nevada court found yesterday that the state ethics commission did not have ... opposition points out that at United States v. Johnson, 383 U.S. 169, 185 (1966), the Supreme Court stated, "we expressly leave open for ... article on the decision, and my first blog entry on the Nevada case. Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics ...

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

2. Nevada Legislative Oral Arguments - First News

   Body:  Yesterday, the Nevada legislative immunity case was argued before the state Supreme Court. The ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-05-28 11:48 - 0 comments

3. Carrigan and an Obligation to Seek Ethics Advice

   ... in the Carrigan v. Commission on Ethics of the State of Nevada case, this time the EC's supplemental brief on remand to the Nevada ... The free speech arguments were put to rest by the U.S. Supreme Court , and the free association arguments were found not to have ...

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

4. The Carrigan Oral Argument: How to Deal with Vagueness

   ... Needless to say, last week's oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Carrigan v. Nevada Commission on Ethics case, which I have been following over the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 5 comments

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

   ... my analysis of the parties' briefs in this case. The Nevada Supreme Court's Carrigan decision , which I discussed in detail last month , has been accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, likely to be argued in April. It is a case involving a ...

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

6. The Public's Right to a Public-Interested Representative

   ... court, Carrigan v. Commission on Ethics of the State of Nevada (attached; see below), a city council member has a first amendment ... the limits of the opinion, both in terms of the odd Nevada conflict language and the facts of the case. A Peculiar ...

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

7. Ethical Obligations Do Not End at the Line Drawn By Jurisdictional Language

   ... One involves law, the other ethics. Last August, the Nevada Policy Research Institute ran a long commentary on the fact that Nevada's 17 school superintendents were not filing financial disclosure ...

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

8. COGEL Talk on Legislative Immunity: Same Goals As Government Ethics, and Not Absolute

   ... immunity defense and related defenses from being used. Right now, government ethics professionals and good government groups ... Speech or Debate Clause, as is true in some states, such as Nevada, and in local governments. The big difference is that common-law ...

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

9. The Supreme Court's Local Government Recusal Decision Is Limited to Voting and Legislative Debate

   ... a "catch-all" conflict provision in the state ethics code ( Nevada Revised Statutes §281A.420.8(a) ). Justice Scalia wrote the ...

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

10. A Model Ethics Advisory Opinion and Links to Major City and State Advisory Opinions

    ... Delaware Massachusetts Missouri Nevada Ohio Oregon Rhode Island West Virginia ...

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

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