Recusal

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• Fighting about Recusal Rules in Michigan

  
  judgesonmerit.org — Authority: 128
  In the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Caperton v. Massey , many states decided to review their rules governing recusal.  Michigan  last week formally issued a new recusal rule that includes a provision empowering the entire Supreme Court to review and overrule the refusal of one of the ...
  22 hours ago

• Mich. Supreme Court adopts new recusal rules

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 639
  A sharply divided Michigan Supreme Court voted 4-3 to adopt new recusal rules for justices in cases where they may have an ethical conflict of interest. The changes were prompted by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found a violation of rights for parties before a state supreme court when one of the justices has an ...
  1 day ago

• The Desire for Good Relations as a Conflicting Interest

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  Anarticle in the Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise this week raises twointeresting government ethics issues. One involves conflicts based on abusiness-related desire to have good relations with the localgovernment. The other involves conflicts based on campaigncontributions to elected officials who serve on an ethics ...
  1 week ago

• A Miscellany

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  Outside Ethics Commission Members According to anarticle in yesterdays Salisbury (MD) Daily Times , the mayor ofSnow Hill (pop. 2400) has decided to look outside his town for members of an ad hocethics commission to deal with an ethics complaint arising from azoning appeals board decision. read more
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• Michigan Court Power Grab

  
  American Courthouse — Authority: 122
  Today’s Detroit News published an article I wrote to shine the light on the latest power grab attempt by Michigan’s liberal Supreme Court justices.  You can read it here.
  1 week ago

• The Legal Language May Be About Benefits, But Its Really About Trust

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  One can learn alot about local government (and judicial) ethics by listening to localofficials talk about a conflict situationtheyre in. Heres one from Dallas County,  wherethe district attorneys wife is a politicalconsultant for the campaigns of seven judges before whom the D.A.sofficepractices. read more
  1 week ago

• SBSun: Erwin’s lawyer seeks hearing in DA recusal

  
  iePolitics.com — Authority: 449
  Mike Cruz, Staff Writer Posted: 11/17/2009 06:56:07 PM PST SAN BERNARDINO – A lawyer for former Assistant Assessor Jim Erwin continued his push for an evidentiary hearing as part of his effort to have the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office recused from prosecuting his client, according to court ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices and Campaign Contribution Conflicts

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  "You can buy Supreme Court races" under the current system, said Rep.Pedro Colón (D-Milwaukee). "The sign is outside: This court isforsale." (from anarticle in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week) Nobody wants this to be said, at least nobody but four of the sevenWisconsinSupreme Court justices, according ...
  2 weeks ago

• How a Board Should Handle a Members Contract Conflict

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  An interesting disagreement has arisen over what is required for a contract with a council member to constitute a conflict ofinterest in California. According to anarticle in the Valley Chronicle , the city of Hemet and the Leagueof California Cities disagree with a grand jury about whether a particular ...
  3 weeks ago

• Public Confidence is Priceless

  
  judgesonmerit.org — Authority: 128
  The Harrisburg Patriot-News featured an op-ed by PMC’s Lynn Marks and Shira Goodman this weekend. The op-ed opens with a question about the money spent in the election — millions by the candidates and perhaps millions more by political parties and other third-party special interests: Only 20 percent of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Government Ethics Is Not About Character, But About Making Decisions in a Professional Manner

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  One thing Ive failed to do in this blog is sufficiently emphasize thatmakingethical decisions in government is not primarily about being a good,ethical person, as most people seem to think. Essentially, it is thesame as making otherdecisions. As I recently wrote , "with effective training, in anethical environment, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Anti-Ethical Electioneering

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  Its Election Day 2009, so what better topic than a particularly slimyinstance of negative campaigning that attacks a candidate for seekingan advisory opinion from the local ethics board, and actually followingit. According to anarticle on kcrg.com this Sunday, a candidates flier said that hisincumbent Cedar Rapids ...
  4 weeks ago

• Local Government Employees on Local Government Pension Boards - An Important Court Case in California

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  Its been over three years since I wrote about theconflict situation of San Diegos pension board. Its members wereselected by the city government labor unions and by the city, and theyworked for the city. When an increase in their retirement benefits wasexplicitly tied to their approval of a reduction in ...
  4 weeks ago

• How (Not) To Recuse A Judge

  
  South Florida Lawyers — Authority: 476
  So I see that Congress is taking at look at revising the federal recusal guidelines: The House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., is planning a hearing on federal recusal guidelines amid controversies that have swept through state court systems in recent years, culminating in a U.S. Supreme ...
  4 weeks ago

• Two Case Studies

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  Here are two interesting local government ethics case studies frommatters in the news this week. A Job Can Be a Gift According to anarticle in the Spokesman-Review ,a Spokane council member requested an advisory opinion from the citysethics committee after hissuccessful push to change city regulations to allow ...
  4 weeks ago

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