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Ethics Commissions & Administration July 13, 2010

A Crippling Case of Ethics Self-Enforcement

I recently wrote a blog post about a false statements in elections law in Ohio, and the problems with enforcing such laws. I have often written about the problems with self-enforcement of ethics laws. In the Wisconsin case of a state supreme court justice's misrepresentations in an election ad, the…

April 18, 2009

Congress Teaches Civics Course in Ethics Self-Regulation

Government officials should, I think, focus more on what their actions teach Americans. In effect, each of them is teaching an ongoing civics course. For many years, Congress have been giving us a course on how self-regulation in the ethics sphere simply doesn't work. According to an editorial in t…

Enforcement & Complaints January 24, 2009

NY Senator Bruno's Indictment Shows Us Once Again That Ethics Self-Enforcement Doesn't Work

Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno has been indicted by a federal grand jury, but his biggest crime was not taking millions of dollars in so-called consulting fees. His biggest crime was standing in the way of any meaningful ethics reform in New York State. Here's what Susan Ler…

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