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The Evolution of Corruption: from "Honest Graft" to Conflicts of Interest
T ONE The Evolution of Corruption: From "Honest Graft" to Conflicts of Interest Supposin' it's a new bridge they're going to build. I get tipped off and I buy as much property as I can that has to be taken for the approaches. I sell at my own price later on and drop some more money in the bank. Wouldn't you? It's just like lookin' ahead in Wall Street or in the coffee or cotton market It's honest graft and I'm lookin' for it every day of the year. George Washington Plunkitt, as quoted in William L. Riordon, Plunkitt ofTammany Hall To understand the evolution of the anticorruption project, it is necessary to begin with some observations about corruption itself. This chapter deals with four basic issues: the subjectivity of the definition of corruption, the increasing gap between expectations of official behavior and actual behav ior, the special politics of scandal and reform, and the difficulty of measur ing corruption. Defining Corruption Corruption is neither a single form of behavior nor an obvious species of conduct. 1 Corruption is the name we apply to some reciprocities by some people in some contexts at some times. The popular use of the term does not require that the conduct labeled corrupt be illegal; it is enough that the la beler thinks it is immoral or unethicaL Since people's views about moral and ethical conduct differ in important respects, corruption is often a contested ~. labeL Indeed, these days public servants are admonished not only to adhere to the skein of laws prohibiting a wide variety of conduct, but to avoid "the appearance of corruption." Such a warning recognizes that the term corrup tion refers to more than just positive law, but fails to recognize that appear ance of corruption is in the eyes of the beholder. -
Iqbal Brief: Barr Amicus Brief
No. 07-1015 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States __________ JOHN D. ASHCROFT, former Attorney General of the United States, and ROBERT MUELLER, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Petitioners, v. JAVAID IQBAL, et al., Respondents. __________ On Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit __________ BRIEF OF WILLIAM P. BARR, GRIFFIN BELL, BENJAMIN R. CIVILETTI, EDWIN MEESE III, WILLIAM S. SESSIONS, RICHARD THORNBURGH, AND WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS __________ Paul J. Larkin, Jr. Daniel J. Popeo 1314 Cleveland St. Richard A. Samp Alexandria, VA 22302 (Counsel of Record) (703) 931-1704 Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Mass. Ave, NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 588-0302 Date: September 5, 2008 QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether a conclusory allegation that a cabinet-level officer or high-ranking official knew of, condoned, or agreed to subject a plaintiff to allegedly unconstitutional acts purportedly committed by subordinate officials is sufficient to state individual- capacity claims against those officials under Bivens. 2. Whether a cabinet-level officer or other high- ranking official may be held personally liable for the allegedly unconstitutional acts of subordinate officials on the ground that, as high-level supervisors, they had constructive notice of the discrimination allegedly carried out by such subordinate officials. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF AUTHORITIES................... iv INTERESTS OF AMICI CURIAE ...............1 STATEMENT OF THE CASE..................3 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ..................5 ARGUMENT...............................11 I. THE DECISION BELOW IMPROPERLY PERMITS COMPLAINTS TO PROCEED TO DISCOVERY BASED ON MERE CONCLUSORY ASSERTIONS OF WRONGDOING.......................11 II. -
David Hume Kennerly Archive Creation Project
DAVID HUME KENNERLY ARCHIVE CREATION PROJECT 50 YEARS BEHIND THE SCENES OF HISTORY The David Hume Kennerly Archive is an extraordinary collection of images, objects and recollections created and collected by a great American photographer, journalist, artist and historian documenting 50 years of United States and world history. The goal of the DAVID HUME KENNERLY ARCHIVE CREATION PROJECT is to protect, organize and share its rare and historic objects – and to transform its half-century of images into a cutting-edge digital educational tool that is fully searchable and available to the public for research and artistic appreciation. 2 DAVID HUME KENNERLY Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly has spent his career documenting the people and events that have defined the world. The last photographer hired by Life Magazine, he has also worked for Time, People, Newsweek, Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Politico, ABC, NBC, CNN and served as Chief White House Photographer for President Gerald R. Ford. Kennerly’s images convey a deep understanding of the forces shaping history and are a peerless repository of exclusive primary source records that will help educate future generations. His collection comprises a sweeping record of a half-century of history and culture – as if Margaret Bourke-White had continued her work through the present day. 3 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE The David Hume Kennerly collection of photography, historic artifacts, letters and objects might be one of the largest and most historically significant private collections ever produced and collected by a single individual. Its 50-year span of images and objects tells the complete story of the baby boom generation. -
Politics 1-6 Commentary 6-7 FORUM Duly Noted 8
CONTENTS Politics 1-6 Commentary 6-7 FORUM Duly Noted 8 JULY 15, 1974 Vol. X, No. 14 50 CENTS POLITICS: REPORTS islation, but the implementation now under way of the new law's rules is still a controversial topic. COLORADO Daniels, a Denver businessman and part-owner of the Utah Stars basket Furthermore, there is some danger ball team, has drawn the bulk of his that the burning issue of the upcoming In only six states this year, incum support from state and Denver party Denver congressional race may spill bent governors will face or have faced leaders. Competition between the two over into state politics. A bitter fight serious primary challenges. GOP aspirants perhaps peaked in is expected between U.S. Rep. Patricia In South Dakota and Texas, respec Denver June 1 when delegates to the Schroeder (D) and State Rep. Frank tively, Democratic incumbents annihi state assembly were chosen. Daniels Southworth. Southworth, president of lated more liberal challengers with sur needed a strong showing from his the Denver Board of Education, is an prising ease. In Florida, Gov. Reubin Denver supporters but failed to get outspoken opponent of school busing Askew (D) is expected to have the it. In the pre-meeting acrimony, Den and is expected to make it his major same success, but in Oklahoma, the ver GOP Chairman James Aspinal, a issue. The publicity given busing could politi~allife expectancy of Gov. David Daniels backer, denied Denver GOP conceivably complicate the state guber Hall (D), embattled by investigations Secretary Mary Hofstra, a Vanderhoof natorial race as well. -
Maryland” of the Richard B
The original documents are located in Box 16, folder “Convention Delegates - Maryland” of the Richard B. Cheney Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 16 of the Richard B. Cheney Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library +<+····~ ..... _ ...:... .;..:. ....... ; r .c~ ·- ...__ 4 ·~·. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MEETING WITH MARYLAND DELEGATION Monday, July 26, 1976 5:00 PM (30 minutes) The State Dining Room From~m Field I. PURPOSE To meet informally with the Maryland delegates. II. BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS AND PRESS PLAN A. Background: At the request of Rog Morton you have agreed to host a reception for the Maryland delegates. B. Participants: See attached list. c. Press Plan: White House Photo Only. Staff President Ford Committee Staff Dick Cheney Rog Morton Jim Field Jim Baker Paul Manafort Roy Hughes .. f ,. ' ' ' President Ford Committee 1828 L STREET, N.W., SUITE 250, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 (202) 457-6400 July 20, 1976 INFORMATION ON THE MARYLAND DELEGATION RICHARD ALLEN DEAR DICK Salisbury 1. -
Fewer Hands, More Mercy: a Plea for a Better Federal Clemency System
FEWER HANDS, MORE MERCY: A PLEA FOR A BETTER FEDERAL CLEMENCY SYSTEM Mark Osler*† INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 465 I. A SWAMP OF UNNECESSARY PROCESS .................................................. 470 A. From Simplicity to Complexity ....................................................... 470 B. The Clemency System Today .......................................................... 477 1. The Basic Process ......................................................................... 477 a. The Pardon Attorney’s Staff ..................................................... 478 b. The Pardon Attorney ................................................................ 479 c. The Staff of the Deputy Attorney General ................................. 481 d. The Deputy Attorney General ................................................... 481 e. The White House Counsel Staff ................................................ 483 f. The White House Counsel ......................................................... 484 g. The President ............................................................................ 484 2. Clemency Project 2014 ................................................................ 485 C. The Effect of a Bias in Favor of Negative Decisions ...................... 489 II. BETTER EXAMPLES: STATE AND FEDERAL .......................................... 491 A. State Systems ................................................................................... 491 1. A Diversity -
The Honorable Bob Dole Office of the Republican Leader United States Senate Washington., D
This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas .. http://dolearchives.ku.edu 4990 Sentinel Drive., #506 Bethesda., Maryland 20876 April 21., 7992 The Honorable Bob Dole Office of the Republican Leader United States Senate Washington., D. C. 20575 Dear Bob: We would especially like you to attend as we pay Tribute to Maryland's three Republican members of the House of Representatives., Helen Bentley., Connie Morella and Wayne Gilcrest., in support of their re-election. Included in our program will be United · States · Senatorial Candidate., Alan Keyes as well as the other fine Candidates for Congress from Maryland. This event will launch the Federation's "Send-Off for Victory"., "Call to Arms"., "Out to Win" campaign to re-elect the Bush/Quayle team and to ELECT a Republican majority from Maryland to represent us in the Congress of the United States. We have a great opportunity to achieve these goals!! We expect a large attendance from all areas of Maryland. We want 7992's Special Event to be one of inspiration and dedication to give a rousing send-off to Republican Women Workers for victory in November. They are "Ready to Co". I don't have to tell you., Bob., what a great favorite you are in Maryland. I have had many requests to urge your presence - - even for a little while. Your presence will be deeply appreciated and help make the Day a resounding success! We extend all good wishes to you., and look forward to your favorable reply. \. · Sincerely yours., Mrs. Cary Creenip ermann MFRW President ., Day on Capitol Hill Page 1 of 5 ,,- , I ,. -
Checking the Checking Value in the Teapot Dome Scandal
Communication Law Review Volume 15, Issue 2 (2015) Checking the Checking Value in the Teapot Dome Scandal David R. Dewberry, Ph.D. Rider University This article examines the history of journalism in the initial reporting of the Teapot Dome scandal to argue that the press falls short in fulfilling the checking value of the First Amendment. Similar arguments have been made about the press in other major scandals (e.g., Watergate, Iran-Contra, etc.). But this article exclusively focuses on the key journalistic agents in Teapot Dome including Frederick G. Bonfils and H. H. Tammen of the Denver Post, John C. Schaffer of the Rocky Mountain News, Carl Magee of New Mexico, and Paul Y. Anderson of the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, to demonstrate how they were more protagonists in the scandal, rather than members of the fourth estate. INTRODUCTION Political scandals reveal the worst and also the best of our democracy. The worst is that our public leaders have transgressed some norm or rule. The best is that the presence of scandals also suggests that a free press was able to enact what noted First Amendment scholar Vincent Blasi called “the checking value.” The checking value is “that free speech, a free press, and free assembly can serve in checking the abuse of power by public officials.”1 Furthermore, Blasi believes that free speech was a central and critical principle for the drafters of the First Amendment to “guard against breaches of trust by public officials.”2 As such, the American press is often dubbed the “watchdogs of democracy.”3 Given the press’s status in our democracy, its reputation sometimes reaches an undeserved mythic status. -
Granum, Deputy Press Secretary
Exit Interview with Rex Granum, Deputy Press Secretary Interviewer: Dr. Thomas Soapes of the Presidential Papers Staff December 10, 1980, in Rex Granum’s office in the White House Transcriber: Lyn Kirkland and Winnie Hoover Soapes: Let's start with a little bit of your background. Could you give me where you were born and your formal education? Granum: Born in Dayton, Ohio. My father was in Civil Service, so we did live in a number of Southern towns - Mobile, Alabama and Memphis, Tennessee. Grew up in Warner Robins, Georgia, from the third grade on went to public schools there. The University of Georgia --- journalism degree. I went--when I graduated from the University of Georgia, I went to the Atlanta Constitution, the morning paper in Atlanta, and eventually began to be a political writer there and came over and covered state government, covering Governor Jimmy Carter, his Press Secretary, Jody Powell, and his Executive Secretary, Hamilton Jordan, and then Frank Moore succeeded Hamilton when Hamilton went to--came to Washington during that change. So, that was the main point at which I became acquainted with the political beat. Soapes: How long were you on the political beat? Granum: Uh, I guess two years--two and a half years, something like that. Soapes: So the last--you say the last couple of years were--. Granum: --Yes. I covered the last six months of his time in the Governor's Office. And from March of '74--so it was longer than six months --I went over to the State Capitol in March of '74 and stayed there until early January of '76 and, of course, the President--or the Governor's term--Governor at that time, his term ended in January of '75. -
Who Is the Attorney General's Client?
\\jciprod01\productn\N\NDL\87-3\NDL305.txt unknown Seq: 1 20-APR-12 11:03 WHO IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CLIENT? William R. Dailey, CSC* Two consecutive presidential administrations have been beset with controversies surrounding decision making in the Department of Justice, frequently arising from issues relating to the war on terrorism, but generally giving rise to accusations that the work of the Department is being unduly politicized. Much recent academic commentary has been devoted to analyzing and, typically, defending various more or less robust versions of “independence” in the Department generally and in the Attorney General in particular. This Article builds from the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board, in which the Court set forth key principles relating to the role of the President in seeing to it that the laws are faithfully executed. This Article draws upon these principles to construct a model for understanding the Attorney General’s role. Focusing on the question, “Who is the Attorney General’s client?”, the Article presumes that in the most important sense the American people are the Attorney General’s client. The Article argues, however, that that client relationship is necessarily a mediated one, with the most important mediat- ing force being the elected head of the executive branch, the President. The argument invokes historical considerations, epistemic concerns, and constitutional structure. Against a trend in recent commentary defending a robustly independent model of execu- tive branch lawyering rooted in the putative ability and obligation of executive branch lawyers to alight upon a “best view” of the law thought to have binding force even over plausible alternatives, the Article defends as legitimate and necessary a greater degree of presidential direction in the setting of legal policy. -
Foreign Policy/Domestic Politics Memo, HJ Memo, 6/77 Container: 34A
Collection: Office of the Chief of Staff Files Series: Hamilton Jordan's Confidential Files Folder: Foreign Policy/Domestic Politics Memo, HJ Memo, 6/77 Container: 34a Folder Citation: Office of the Chief of Staff Files, Hamilton Jordan's Confidential Files, Foreign Policy/Domestic Politics Memo, HJ Memo, 6/77, Container 34a Subject Terms: Foreign Policy Jimmy Carter Library 441 Freedom Parkway Atlanta GA 30307-1 ARCHIVAL NOTE~ The pages of this memo were originally unnumbered, then became out of order. The correct order and page numbers were then determined by comparison with an early photocopy of the document which retained the original correct order. The pencilled in numbers in brackets at the bottom of the pages represents the correct original order. During the time the pages were out of order, the page numbers were off by as much as 10 pages. The correct order was restored in September, 2008 ADN A Presidential Library Administered by the National Arcbtves and Records Administmtion ." ~#f" ! i~,". \ .. rI~,' Ill; ~f'f~ /? »7 1~l J~ i'· iit );'! ~j,:. ~£t~ <:O.?:FIDEWFIAL,LEYESONLY ~hi· ~t~' i f~ ~.:i- ~: i•.i.. H t. i· ~~: .TO: PRESIDENT CARTER ,~ t~ FROM: HAMILTON JORDAN~)( ·p"'·.··.··· f."r,.;.. L t·~ ~:;, F I have attempted in this memorandum to measure the ft -~ ~. domestic political implications of your foreign policy .~ t~•l~:.. I) and outline a comprehensive approach for winning public :kl~ ~~ and Congressional support for specific foreign policy ~t~.; :.¥ initiatives •... ~!~ ~ .I!-i ;~ 'r'n As this is highly sensitive subject matter, I typed ltit~. (.,~. this memorandum myself and the one other copy is in ;;i r~f.~ my office safe. -
Israel and the Alien Tort Statute
Summer 2014 No.54 JTheUSTICE magazine of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists In this issue The International Court of Justice Adjudicating the Arab-Israel Disputes? Boycotts, Divestment, Sanctions and the Law Israel and the Alien Tort Statute Corporations and Human Rights Zivotofsky v. Kerry - A Historical Constitutional Battle Preachers of Hate and Freedom of Expression UNRWA Panel at UN IAJLJ Activities The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists Honorary President: Hadassa Ben-Itto, Judge (Ret.) (Israel) Life time Member: Irwin Cotler, Prof. (Canada) Honorary Vice Presidents: Joseph Roubache (France) Oreste Bisazza Terracini, Dr. (Italy) Executive Committee: Board of Governors: President: Irit Kohn (Israel) Irit Kohn (Israel) Haim Klugman (Israel) Avraham (Avi) D. Doron (Israel) Deputy President: Meir Rosenne, Dr. (Israel) Haim Klugman (Israel) Mirella M. Bamberger (Israel) Alyza D. Lewin (USA) Vice President and Treasurer: Marcos Arnoldo Grabivker, Judge (Argentina) Avraham (Avi) D. Doron (Israel) Maurizio Ruben (Italy) Alex Hertman (Israel) Vice President and Coordinator with Amos Shapira, Prof. (Israel) International Organizations: Avishai Sapir (Israel) Meir Rosenne, Dr. (Israel) David Pardes (Belgium) Dov Shefi, Brig. (Ret.) (Israel) Vice President and Secretary General: Edna Bekenstein, Judge (Ret.) (Israel) Mirella M. Bamberger (Israel) Edna Kaplan-Hagler, Judge (Ret.) Dr. (Israel) Efraim (Efi) Chalamish, Dr. (USA) Vice Presidents: Ethia Simha (Israel) Alyza D. Lewin (USA) Jeremy D. Margolis (USA) Marcos Arnoldo Grabivker, Judge (Argentina) Jimena Bronfman (Chile) Maurizio Ruben (Italy) Jonathan Lux (UK) Lipa Meir, Dr. (Israel) Academic Adviser: Mala Tabory, Dr. (Israel) Yaffa Zilbershats, Prof. (Israel) Maria Canals De-Cediel, Dr. (Switzerland) Meir Linzen (Israel) Representatives to the U.N.