Online Access to Ethics Opinions Would Guard Against 'dog Law'
| Jurisdiction | California,United States |
| Citation | Vol. 06 No. 2012 Pg. 06 |
| Publication year | 2012 |
| Pages | 06 |
| Year | 2012 |
| topic | Business of Law,Civil Procedure |
CBJ - June 2012 #06. Online access to ethics opinions would guard against 'dog law'
June 2012
As I write this column, the jury in the John Edwards trial has just begun deliberating. What a sordid mess for one who sought to become the leader of the free world to now be facing a possible maximum sentence of 30 years. Part of the defense seemed to be that he was no longer a candidate, and therefore the money was not used for political purposes. It was only used to conceal a tawdry affair from his cancer-ridden spouse. Nobody could even make up these facts.
Scott Thomas, former Chair of the Federal Election Commission, was poised to testify that third'party payments (Bunny Mellon's money, or "Bunny money") used to cover up an affair during a political campaign had never come up...
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