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Copyright (c) 1990 Georgetown Law Journal Georgetown Law Journal ARTICLE: Removing Conflicts from the Administration of Justice: Conflicts of Interest and Independent Counsels Under the Ethics in Government Act. 1 October, 1990 79 Geo. L.J. 1 Author BETH NOLAN * Excerpt I. INTRODUCTION The independent counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 2 are a reflection of one of our nation's most fundamental aspirations for government: that official decisions should be made in the interests of the common good, not in the narrow self-interests of the individuals in power. This aspiration in turn reflects some of the basic tenets of our constitutional faith: that we shall be bound only by a government of laws, no one shall be above the law, and each person shall receive equal justice under the law. To further this goal, the independent counsel provisions endeavor to guarantee that certain investigations and prosecutions are undertaken free of the compromising influence of the prosecutor's own political or personal interests. From this perspective, the aspiration of the independent counsel provisions is for the reign of the "rule of law." 3 The independent counsel provisions are both an expression of fealty to the rule of law and a concession to its elusiveness. To legislate that certain individuals and institutions may not investigate certain other individuals is to acknowledge that the rule of law is vulnerable to manipulation and abuse. Moreover, the independent counsel law reflects a fear that manipulation and abuse can occur even when intentions are noble, or at least not malevolent. This is the underlying theory of the law, which mandates recusal of the entire Department of Justice in a certain category of cases, without regard to the ability of the Department to undertake a ...

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", concluding that the Navarros failed to offer any evidence of a County policy or custom of treating domestic violence 911 calls differently from non-domestic violence 911 calls, nor any evidence of a County policy or custom of depriving residents in minority neighborhoods of equal police protection, nor any evidence of the Sheriff's deliberate or conscious indifference to the rights of abused women or residents in minority neighborhoods. 2 The Navarros now appeal."

any genuine issues of material fact and whether the district court correctly applied the relevant substantive law

Legal Council notified of attorney stating false statement of fact into court in homicide of Nye Frank

http://www.diigo.com/search?what=you+tube+nye+frank+racing Stalking by the killer and his parents against a elder and her family is ok for Riverside County Sheriff an DA.This month Rod Pacheco will do a Victims march. In 2008 he got a award for a elder crime victim advocate program that he had Federal Funding for. Elder Lee Frank was told by County DA Victim Advocate there was not a elder advocate in RiversideCounty. But Rod Pacheco got a public award for his great program for elder advocate that year.

http://www.diigo.com/search?what=you+tube+nye+frank+racing Stalking by the killer and his parents against a elder and her family is ok for Riverside County Sheriff an DA.This month Rod Pacheco will do a Victims march. In 2008 he got a award for a elder crime victim advocate program that he had Federal Funding for. Elder Lee Frank was told by County DA Victim Advocate there was not a elder advocate in RiversideCounty. But Rod Pacheco got a public award for his great program for elder advocate that year.

Corruption and denied rights for victims in Riverside County Nye Frank