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

   ... whether the Carrigan case should be accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court glances at arguments in the briefs filed by the two parties ... possibly New Jersey's, according to the Carrigan brief. Nevada's code should be amended, and that is all that should happen. A ...

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

2. Other ethics related resources on the web

   ... and discussion in all areas of applied ethics. U.S. Office of Government Ethics The Office of Government Ethics exercises ...

   donmc - 2023-08-02 14:37

3. Labor Peace Through Unethical Conduct

   ... get a clear chance to show it has no favoritism. The Nevada Commission on Ethics will soon get that chance. The Nevada senator ... “I’ll guarantee you, you’ll be back here in front of us, whether you like it or not.” The then commission chair said that the ...

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

4. A Miscellany

   ... Press article , a bill has unanimously passed the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee giving the state legislative bodies ... This bill follows the decision of a Nevada district court taking jurisdiction over legislators away from ...

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

5. Theories of a Legislator's Role That Lie Beneath Definitions of Corruption

   ... Court, just last year, in a conflict of interest case, Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan , 180 L. Ed. 2d 150 (2011), in a ...

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

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

   ... blog post . The decision is from the Supreme Court of Nevada in Carrigan v. Commission of Ethics (July 29, 2010). I'll refer to ... political speech when he or she votes on an individual land use matter. Likewise, no published decision reviewing the ethical propriety of ...

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

7. Legislative Immunity: The Courts Are Wrong to Not Distinguish Ethics Enforcement from Prosecution and Civil Suits

   ... these two kinds of laws in United States v. Johnson , 383 U.S. 169, 185 (1966) we expressly leave open for consideration when the ... drawn statute. Now, in Louisiana, Rhode Island, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Baltimore, they have. The statutes in question were ...

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

8. The Virtuous Circle of Ethics Laws and Legislative Immunity -- And the Legislators Who Stand Outside of It

   ... record dealing with their members' misconduct. The U.S. Congress is only the best-known example. Self-regulation of ethics not ... has really been going on in Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Nevada is that legislators there do not want to be seen as taking authority ...

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

9. Voting with a Conflict of Interest Is Not Always Illegal, But It's Never Good for Democracy

   ... City (NV) council member Mike Carrigan in his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court of a suit attempting to overturn a censure determination by the Nevada Ethics Commission, quoted in today's Reno Gazette-Journal . ...

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

10. An Ethics Commission Recusal When a Political Party Brings a Complaint

    Body:  While we're in Nevada, there's another interesting case before the state's ethics commission ...

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

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