The Post urges the Supreme Court to strike the honest services fraud law in this editorial. Criminal statutes should be clear, putting everyone on notice about which behaviors will run afoul of the law. The honest-services law fails this simple but important test and should be struck down.
Day: December 11, 2009
Proposal to mirror ARRA lobbying restrictions for new bills
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proposed that the administration attempt to apply TARP ARRA lobbying rules to new legislation, according to this report. The White House has sidestepped questions about whether it wants such requirements on the next round of stimulus spending.
How will ethics issues play in the 2010 elections?
Politico surveys the ethics landscape ahead of the 2010 elections here. This wave of ethics problems for Capitol Hill Democrats makes GOP strategists optimistic that they can do to Democrats what was done to Republicans in 2006: paint a picture of a majority party corrupted by its own power.