Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Morality and Bellief in God

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Many posts have discussed international views of religion . Jonathan Evans at Pew : Nearly everyone in Indonesia (99%), as well as the v...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Americans Question Fellow Americans' Morality

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Many.posts  have dealt with  international perspectives . Jonathan Evans at Pew :  Americans are more likely than people in other countries ...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Rating the Honesty and Ethics of Professions

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Previous posts  have looked at the  public standing  of various  professions   and  occupations .   Gallup reports: Gallup :
Sunday, September 21, 2025

Censure

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Many   posts  have  discussed  the  state of Congress . At Politico, Ben Jacobs explains how censure has evolved from a mark of shame to a f...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Ethics and Oaths

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Many   posts  have  discussed   oaths of office . AG Bondi fired Joseph W. Tirrell. He posted his response on LinkedIn: Until Friday evening...
Monday, January 22, 2024

Polarized Views of Professions

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 Megan Brenan and Jeffrey M. Jones at Gallup: Republicans and Democrats have different views of professions, with Democrats tending to be ...
Thursday, May 4, 2023

SCOTUS Ethics

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   Jamie Gangel, Elizabeth Stuart and Tierney Sneed at CNN: In a carefully worded, but blunt statement, conservative former federal judge J....
Friday, April 7, 2023

Gifts and Clarence Thomas

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Ivana Saric at Axios: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged allegations that he had failed to properly disclose luxury trips ...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Hatch Act and Federal Property

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An advisory from the office of Special Counsel, August 9, 2004: The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) recently has received various complain...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

The Judicial Oath, Ethics, and Recusal

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  28 U.S. Code § 453 - Oaths of justices and judges Each justice or judge of the United States shall take the following oath or affirmati...
Sunday, April 1, 2018

Interest Group Notes, Continued

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The Washington swamp is bigger than ever . Arden Farhi reports at CBS: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

Another Trump Database

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John Templeton and colleagues report at Buzzfeed: No American president has taken office with a giant network of businesses , investment...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Pardon and De Facto Dictatorship

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As Darren Samuelsohn reports at Politico , Gingrich says Congress should change the law to allow Trump's conflicts of interests.  If it...
Saturday, December 3, 2016

The Call

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Mark Landler and David E. Sanger report at The New York Times : President-elect Donald J. Trump spoke by telephone with Taiwan’s preside...
Monday, June 9, 2014

Ethics, Politics, and Interest Groups

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Ethics is in today's news... For context, go to history. Prelude:   Chinatown and the real story In 1946, the Federal Regulat...
Sunday, April 6, 2014

Unlobbying Obama

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A number of posts have discussed a phenomenon called shadow lobbying , nonlobbying lobbying , or  unlobbying . Mike Dorning writes at Bloo...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Green Revolving Door

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A number of posts have discussed the revolving door  between government and interest groups . Timothy Carney writes at The Washington Exa...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Lobbyists and Lawmakers Rank Low in the Public's Eyes

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Previous posts have looked at the public standing of various professions and occupations .   Gallup reports: Americans' rating of t...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Anonymous Sources

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In an investigative report on a California political family, John Hrabe quotes anonymous sources and explains : The first code of journal...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

Corruption in Isolated State Capitals

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In The San Diego Union-Tribune , Christopher Cadelago reports: California ’s capital is about 85 miles from San Francisco, 385 miles fro...