Nobody favors harsh rules except rulers. They use rules to contain others so that they have unrestrained power. Ruling by consensus sounds fine until quick action is needed in a crisis. Action dies ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to use an outside advisory committee led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to cut federal spending is raising eyebrows among ethics-law experts who say its leaders ...

Not addressed in the American Bar Association's opinion on generative AI is whether the technology is considered to be engaging in the practice of law. On July 29, the American Bar Association's ...

There are some basic rules for living with others we learn early in life, either in our family, school or religious community. Some of these early rules seem as self-evident commandments, usually ...

The author says North Carolina Chief Justice Paul Newby is enforcing a partisan double-standard when it comes to judicial ethics. (Photo: NC Supreme Court livestream) The North Carolina Supreme Court ...

Last week the Congress came to life with palpitations over an ethics issue that did not exhibit the usual gotcha cross-fire of partisan ethics war accusations. Instead, it showed genuine concern about ...

Senate leaders are moving to tighten congressional ethics rules, though — with only a one-vote majority — they are treading more lightly and more slowly than their enthusiastic colleagues in the House ...

WASHINGTON — Federal courts have implemented a rare tweak to their ethics rules for Supreme Court justices and federal judges following bipartisan congressional pressure. The Judicial Conference of ...

Unreported gifts and lavish vacations worth tens of thousands of dollars from politically connected megadonors. Undisclosed real-estate transactions involving family members. Potential conflicts of ...

(The Center Square) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez broke House ethics’ rules by accepting free tickets to the glitzy 2021 Met Gala benefit in New York City, and a designer gown emblazoned with “Tax ...