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Unethical Quote of the Week: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
What damage does it do to an institution’s ability to work together and subjugate ideological agendas in the interest of the nation as a whole when it has been led for years by an individual who thinks and talks like Rep. Pelosi? I think we are seeing the answer unfold before us right now. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “CNN, Burying the News to Protect Its Own”
In the Comment of the Day, Dwayne N. Zechman comments usefully on the Ethics Alarms post about CNN ignoring the developing story about its own talk show host, Piers Morgan. Continue reading
Fick* of the Month: Tea Party Congressman Joe Walsh
Freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill) is a vocal Tea Party champion dedicated to fiscal responsibility, meeting obligations, protecting the future for our children, and living within our means. How does he reconcile these values with the fact that he owes $117,437 in child support to his ex-wife and three children? Continue reading
Unethical Quote of the Week: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Clinton’s sweeping extinction of process as an essential aspect of governing intentionally obscures the core American principle that not only must we do the right thing, but we must do it the right way. Continue reading
Sorrell v. IMS Health: Legal, Ethical, and Unjust
It cannot be the Court’s job to fix lousy legislation drawn up by lazy, conflicted, corrupt or stupid elected officials. Those officials should not be permitted to shrug off the disastrous results of their slovenly work habits by saying, “Don’t worry, the courts will clean it up.” The most important reason to have judges on the bench who decide cases based on the laws as they are written is that it forces both legislators and their constituencies to be serious about the hard work of self-government. Continue reading
U.S. Attorney General Ethics, Rule #1: Remember What Your Job Is
No matter how wrong a lawyer thinks his client is, he may not publicly criticize of attack the client, or as in this case, act adversely to his client by trying to build public sentiment in opposition to the client’s stated interests. But Atty. Gen Eric Holder has apparently forgotten what his job is. Continue reading
The Giffords Fiasco, Continued: “Gaby Giffords For Senator”
The New York Times reports that Giffords’s aides, backers and supporters are seriously laying the groundwork for Giffords—who currently cannot speak, except in short sentences—to run for retiring Senator Jon Kyl’s seat 2012. And I thought keeping her in the House was outrageous…. Continue reading
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The Tears of Keith Ellison
The statement by Ellison, who converted to Islam, and the tears that accompanied it, raised a few ethical issues, beginning with the Ethics Alarms standard, “What’s going on here?” Continue reading
Comment of the Day #3 on “Ethics Dunces: The Senate and House Leadership”
The third Comment of the Day on this “Comment of the Day Friday” is an epic from Michael, expanding on the theme of my original post. Continue reading →
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