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What is 'personhood'? The ethics question that needs a closer look in abortion debates

Controversy over abortion reached a fever pitch on May 2, 2022, when the leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion was published by Politico. If the draft’s key points are reflected in the final ruling, this would strike down Roe v. Wade, a landmark decision that nearly 50…

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Baltimore Council President Nick Mosby violated ethics law by accepting money from city contractors via legal defense fund, board rules

BALTIMORE — Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby violated the city’s ethics ordinance by indirectly soliciting for a legal defense fund that took donations from at least two city contractors, the city’s Board of Ethics said in a ruling Thursday that ordered Mosby to stop accepting money from the fund.

Tribune News Service

Kentucky Democrats file ethics complaint against GOP Attorney General Daniel Cameron

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Moral arguments alone not enough to justify spying, says MI6 ethics chief

Book review says in reality, intelligence agencies are tasked ‘to defend the national interest for its own sake’

The Guardian - UK

Abortion-rights activists are targeting Supreme Court justices' homes. That's fine by me

Before we delve into the ethics of peacefully protesting in front of a Supreme Court justice's home, I'd like to remind you about some of the havoc wrought by abortion foes after the court legalized abortion in 1973.

Los Angeles Times

House Judiciary Committee approves Supreme Court ethics overhaul - Roll Call

The House Judiciary Committee advanced a Supreme Court ethics bill Wednesday, as Democrats raised concerns about Justice Clarence Thomas.

Roll Call

Deadbots can speak for you after your death. Is that ethical?

Machine-learning systems are increasingly worming their way through our everyday lives, challenging our moral and social values and the rules that govern them. These days, virtual assistants threaten the privacy of the home; news recommenders shape the way we understand the world; risk-prediction systems tip social workers on which children…

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Fifa investigating accusations of sexual abuse against refereeing instructor

Fifa has confirmed its ethics committee is investigating allegations of sexual abuse and harassment made against one of its refereeing instructors and the Colombian Football Federation’s head of referees

The Guardian - UK

And One More on Expert Witnesses in Libel Lawsuits

Yet again, from Judge Paul Byron (M.D. Fla.) in Grayson v. No Labels, Inc., decided last week, this one rejecting an expert proposed by the defense (for two other opinions in the same case, about experts proposed by the plaintiff, see this post and this post): Plaintiff Alan Grayson contends…

Reason

Governor Beshear sues state officers over law changing ethics commission selections

Kentucky’s Democratic governor has filed a lawsuit to block a new state law that gives Republican officials the power to appoint the majority of members to an ethics commission.

WEKU

Govt's data ethics panel missing in action

The Government insists the Data Ethics Advisory Group is still active, even though it hasn't met in over a year.

Newsroom.co.nz

Fifa opens proceedings against four coaches in Gabon sexual abuse inquiry

Fifa’s independent ethics committee has opened formal proceedings against Patrick Assoumou Eyi, Serge Mombo and two other coaches as part of its investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in Gabon

The Guardian - UK

Medical negligence: NMC turned down 25 pleas by kin of patients

‘Only medical professionals can appeal against decisions of SMCs’

The Hindu

As controversy brews, Rep. Madison Cawthorn draws attention from TSA, House Ethics committee

WASHINGTON — In less than 24 hours, complaints have been filed with the House Ethics Committee, the Transportation Security Administration and the House sergeant-at-arms involving U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn.

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The Independent UK

Cawthorn and aide had lewd nicknames for Venmo transactions

Comes as part of a House Ethics Complaint

McClatchy Washington Bureau

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis calls for insider trading investigation of fellow Republican Madison Cawthorn

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis called on the House Ethics Committee to investigate fellow Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn on Wednesday, a day after the Washington Examiner broke a story saying Cawthorn could be implicated in insider trading.

Reason

May a Judge Host a Football Podcast?

From New Hampshire Judicial Ethics Opinion 2017-ACJE-01, decided in 2017 but just posted on Westlaw: QUESTION PRESENTED: Does the Code of Judicial Conduct prohibit judges from hosting podcasts or radio shows devoted to sports or other matters that have little to do with the courts, the law or the legal…

The Independent UK

Former top State official to plead guilty for helping Qatar

A former top-ranking State Department official is set to plead guilty for improperly helping a wealthy Gulf country try to influence U.S. policy and not disclosing on a government ethics form gifts he received from a disgraced political fundraiser

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The Independent UK

Ethics probe clears UK Treasury chief over wife's tax status

A British government ethics advisor has cleared Treasury chief Rishi Sunak of wrongdoing over his wife’s tax affairs and his possession of a U.S. permanent resident’s card

The Independent UK

Sunak escapes with job after being cleared of ethics breaches over wife’s non-dom status

‘Utter whitewash’: Labour says report shows Downing Street has lost ‘all ethical credibility’

Salon

House to hold hearing on SCOTUS ethics

Ginni Thomas reportedly played an instrumental role in Donald Trump's failed scheme to overturn the 2020 election

Tribune News Service

Kemp appoints supporter to ethics panel amid Abrams investigation

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed a longtime campaign donor to Georgia's ethics commission.

The Hindu

TRS-Cong. combine is inevitable with ‘PK’ advising both: BJP

‘Usually, two parties using the same advisor goes against professional ethics’

Tribune News Service

Judicial agency dismisses ethics charge against judge in Georgia's Cherokee County

ATLANTA — The state judicial ethics agency on Monday dismissed charges against a Cherokee County judge over comments he posted on social media after the arrest of the suspect charged with killing eight people at three metro Atlanta spas.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayoral allies oppose suspending rules to allow vote on revised City Council map proposal

Finance Committee Chairman Scott Waguespack and Ethics Committee Chair Michele Smith launched a pre-emptive strike, hoping to head off a vote on a new ward map Wednesday — a vote that could aid an eleventh-hour switch by the Latino Caucus and CHANGE Illinois.

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