A judge newly assigned to decide if a Texas hospital can remove a 10-month-old girl from life support against her mother’s wishes said Thursday she was allowing more time for a facility to be found that would take Tinslee Lewis, even as a doctor said the most basic activity “causes pain.”
Read moreAttorney Richard Ducote and a client sued the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana in federal court, challenging as unconstitutional a Louisiana Supreme Court rule that prohibits people who file complaints against judges from disclosing it, its nature, and the commission’s response.
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The United Auto Workers union will tighten financial controls, ban contributions from employers and vendors to charities run by its officers, and hire an ethics officer in the wake of a federal corruption investigation.
Read moreFreshman Rep. Katie Hill, a rising Democratic star in the House, announced her resignation Sunday amid an ethics probe, saying explicit private photos of her with a campaign staffer had been “weaponized” by her abusive husband and political operatives.
Read moreCalifornia U.S. Rep. Katie Hill has apologized to friends and supporters for engaging in an affair with a campaign staffer, but Susan Slates still feels let down by the 32-year-old Democrat who arrived in Congress just this year.
Read moreThe Justice Department is shifting its review of the Russia investigation into a criminal probe, a move likely to raise ethical questions about the president’s use of law enforcement to look into his opponents.
Read moreA district attorney declined Thursday to criminally charge the speaker of the Texas House over a secret recording that revealed he offered a conservative activist press credentials in exchange for attacks on fellow Republican lawmakers he deemed too moderate.
Read moreReleasing her third policy proposal in the last six days, Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren said Monday she plans to flush out corruption and unethical conduct among federally appointed judges.
Read moreBaltimore’s top prosecutor has begun asking judges to throw out nearly 800 convictions that she said were tainted by officers linked to a corruption scandal.
Read moreAn attorney representing the White House refused Tuesday to guarantee a federal judge that communications between President Donald Trump and foreign leaders will be preserved.
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Evidence supports a rival candidate’s claim that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan planted sham candidates on the ballot to dilute the Latino vote in his district, a federal judge ruled, but voters were aware of his conduct and voted for him anyway.
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Canada’s ethics commissioner said Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau improperly pressured a former attorney general to stop the criminal prosecution of a company, a development that could imperil his re-election chances.
Read moreA California judge ordered Los Angeles on Monday to produce attorney communications regarding a multimillion-dollar class action settlement over utility overcharges, to help determine whether the lawyer who represented the lead plaintiff also coordinated with the city and may have engaged in fraud.
Read moreKentucky Circuit Court Judge Beth L. Maze, who has faced several ethics charges, claims the Kentucky Court of Justice Judicial Conduct Commission is illegally trying to remove her from office.
Read moreTapped for Cabinet-level office after his conspicuous criticism of former special counsel Robert Mueller, Representative John Ratcliffe sparked scrutiny this week about his fitness to serve as national intelligence director.
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The Environmental Protection Agency skirted some of its usual procedures and ethics rules when it overhauled key agency advisory boards, slashing the numbers of academic scientists on the panels and appointing more industry figures, the Government Accountability Office said Monday.
Read moreDefying a congressional subpoena, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway refused for the second time Monday to attend a House Oversight Committee hearing on her violations of a federal law limiting the political activities of federal employees.
Read moreThe Michigan Supreme Court on Friday permanently removed a suspended Livingston County judge from the bench for a litany of ethics violations and pending criminal charges.
Read moreIn a bid to compel Kellyanne Conway’s testimony before Congress, the House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena the White House counselor for violating federal ethics rules.
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