Month: October 2009

Capitol Circle’s interesting presentation of politics 24/7

Jesse Thomas was one of the interesting people I met at CongressCamp a few weeks ago.  He recently posted a link to Capitol Circle, a new site that bills itself as real time Washington politics 24/7.  It doesn’t disappoint (though I haven’t logged in at 2 a.m., yet).  There are links for news, blogs, conversations, […]

“Particularly vague” honest services fraud law update

The Times reports on the long-standing controversy over the honest services fraud law. The “honest services” law, Justice Scalia explained, says that “officeholders and employees owe a duty to act only in the best interests of their constituents and employers.” Carried to its logical extreme, he said, “it would seemingly cover a salaried employee’s phoning […]