Oregon Government Ethics Commission Investigation Says Kitzhaber Used Public Office to Benefit Himself
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission released new findings that former Gov. John Kitzhaber used his public office for private gain.
Interference with Economic Relationships
Economic Harm Torts Project Reporter Ward Farnsworth discusses interference with economic relationships in the video below.
Not-for-Profit Compliance: Doing More With Less
Kitty Holt, ethics and compliance officer at Plan International USA, and Ray Justice, senior director of compliance operations and awards at Plan International USA, talk to The Wall Street Journal about how nonprofit organizations operate without all the resources available to big corporations and the compliance challenges of working with project partners.
California Supreme Court: Law Barring Direct File of Juveniles Is Retroactive
The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a recent ballot initiative aimed at preventing the transfer of juveniles into the adult justice system could be applied retroactively to pending court cases.
Everyday justice
Professor Tracey Meares has sandwiched this trip to Chicago between two teaching days at the Yale Law School, timing it for when her kids are out of the house. On this cool Thursday morning in May 2017, she’s back in her favorite city, where she lived for almost 20 years. She’s come to Chicago State University to help train investigators for the city’s new Civilian Office of Police Accountability. At Yale, she teaches students in their 20s, in a wood-paneled room hung with portraits in oil, but here in this windowless, fluorescent-lit room, her students are three dozen former prosecutors, defense attorneys, and ex-cops. They will soon begin investigating complaints against Chicago’s often reviled police.
Securing Equal Access to the Ballot for Native Americans
Native Americans, like other minority groups, face racially motivated disenfranchisement efforts. Watershed victories for equal access to the ballot – including the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Nineteenth Amendment – did not affect Native Americans because they were not considered U.S. citizens until the enactment of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924. While the Act nominally enfranchised Native Americans, disenfranchisement tactics remained pervasive at the state level.
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