<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/29/v-fullstory/3787585/miami-lawmake…; target="”_blank”">A
recent Miami <i>Herald</i> article</a> describes a case that embodies a number of important government ethics issues, including the conflict issues

A "resign to run" law is an unusual sort of conflicts of interest
law. It requires that before an elected official runs for a
different office, she resign from her current office. Philadelphia's
"resign to run" law is one of the most onerous ones. <a href="http://www.seventy.org/OurViews_Resign_to_Run_and_the_2015_Mayors_Race…; target="”_blank”">According

New York State's Moreland Commission to Investigate Public
Corruption filed <a href="http://publiccorruption.moreland.ny.gov/sites/default/files/moreland_re…; target="”_blank”">a
preliminary report</a> on Monday. Most of the report involves
state campaign finance and election laws, but many of these laws

It was pointed out to me by Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law
School Los Angeles, that back in 2000 John Copeland Nagle, a
professor at Notre Dame Law School, wrote a law review article
suggesting what I call the Westminster Approach to campaign
contributions from those seeking benefits from the recipient
official's government. The article, which focuses on Congress, is

The long-running <i>Carrigan</i> case (<i>Carrigan I</i>, that is) may have finally come to an
end. And it's a very good end. After the U.S. Supreme Court threw
out Carrigan's absurd argument that a council member has a First
Amendment free speech right to vote on legislative matters where he is conflicted, the Nevada Supreme Court
concluded that, if a council member chooses not to seek ethics advice
and votes on a matter involving someone with whom he has a special

In New York State, lawyers are once again insisting that they are an
exception to ethics laws. The Moreland Commission, a special
investigatory commission called by the governor and consisting of
district attorneys and other law enforcement officials, has
subpoenaed the employers of several state legislators. According to
<a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20131122/NEWS01/311220039&q…; target="”_blank”">an

<a href="http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2013/11/louisiana_should_make_vi…; target="”_blank”">An

Now that Tallahassee's mayor has opposed all of the recommendations
from a special ethics advisory panel (attached; see below),
according to <a href="http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20131120/NEWS/131120012/Raw-video-Ta…; target="”_blank”">an

It should be heartening to announce that the head of an important
good government organization has been appointed to the North
Carolina Ethics Commission. But sadly, it is not.<br>
<br>
Francis X. De Luca is the president of <a href="http://www.nccivitas.org/&quot; target="”_blank”">the Civitas Institute</a>, which
has taken strong stands for improving North Carolina's state ethics
program. He is, therefore, someone who should understand government

Maryland has a rule that local ethics ordinances must require the disclosure of all an elected
official's real property, stocks, and bonds. According to <a href="http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/mount-airy-tables-ethics-o…; target="”_blank”">an