Comments on: More on Jindal and ethics http://blog.lj4a.com/2008/04/23/more-on-jindal-and-ethics/ My personal blog to promote those ideals that our country was founded on. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:42:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: T. Wong http://blog.lj4a.com/2008/04/23/more-on-jindal-and-ethics/#comment-1613 T. Wong Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:22:26 +0000 http://blog.lj4a.com/2008/04/23/more-on-jindal-and-ethics/#comment-1613 This was a dirty, sneaky, rotten trick, but I wonder if it will make all that much of a difference. I wonder how many ethics cases involve a weighing of the evidence-- he said/she said? For example, if you prove that the money from a state contract unlawfully went to a lege's son, and you can trace the dollars. Or if you can prove that the governor didn't report something he was supposed to, the case is clear--no weighing of evidence, and burden of proof doesn't really come into play. If your wife is on a payroll she's not supposed to be on, no burden of proof issues. I don't really know whether and to what extent this will affect Ethics Board proceedings. It will be interesting to see. I wonder if the Office of Disciplinary Counsel finds the "clear and convincing" burden of proof an obstacle. It applies in lawyer disciplinary proceedings, but the facts in those cases are usually clear. If your hand is in the cookie jar, you can pretty much plan on getting disbarred. This was a dirty, sneaky, rotten trick, but I wonder if it will make all that much of a difference. I wonder how many ethics cases involve a weighing of the evidence– he said/she said?

For example, if you prove that the money from a state contract unlawfully went to a lege’s son, and you can trace the dollars. Or if you can prove that the governor didn’t report something he was supposed to, the case is clear–no weighing of evidence, and burden of proof doesn’t really come into play. If your wife is on a payroll she’s not supposed to be on, no burden of proof issues.

I don’t really know whether and to what extent this will affect Ethics Board proceedings. It will be interesting to see.

I wonder if the Office of Disciplinary Counsel finds the “clear and convincing” burden of proof an obstacle. It applies in lawyer disciplinary proceedings, but the facts in those cases are usually clear. If your hand is in the cookie jar, you can pretty much plan on getting disbarred.

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