Legal Opinion
Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 2011No. 10-568PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
The Nevada Supreme Court invalidated a recusal provision of the State’s Ethics in Government Law as unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment. We consider whether legislators have a personal, First Amendment right to vote on any given matter.
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Nevada’s Ethics in Government Law provides that a public, officer shall not vote upon or advocate the passage or failure of, but may otherwise participate in the consideration of, a matter with respect to which the independence of judgment of a reasonable person in his situation would be materially affected by,” inter alia, “[h]is…
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