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  2. Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the ...

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    The code was issued during a time when the court faced great criticism, especially around the conduct of justice Clarence Thomas.It was shown that he received undisclosed gifts of luxury travel [2] and that he was involved with cases that were related to the political activities of his wife, Ginni Thomas, who worked to overturn the 2020 election results in the weeks leading up to the January 6 ...

  3. Title 18 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Title 18 of the United States Code is the main criminal code of the federal government of the United States. [1] The Title deals with federal crimes and criminal procedure.In its coverage, Title 18 is similar to most U.S. state criminal codes, typically referred to by names such as Penal Code, Criminal Code, or Crimes Code. [2]

  4. Federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States

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    Several statutes, mostly codified in Title 18 of the United States Code, provide for federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States.Federal prosecutions of public corruption under the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted 1961), and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...

  5. Category:Criminal justice ethics - Wikipedia

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  6. Public Integrity Section - Wikipedia

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    The Public Integrity Section was created in March 1976 in the wake of the Watergate scandal.Since 1978, it has supervised administration of the Independent Counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, which requires the Attorney General to report to the United States Congress annually on the operations and activities of the Public Integrity Section. [1]

  7. Ethics in Government Act - Wikipedia

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    Justice Scalia, a judicial conservative, noted that the U.S. Constitution granted consolidated power to enforce the law exclusively to the Executive Branch. The Act extended the power to initiate criminal investigation to the United States House of Representatives and the Senate, which Scalia viewed as a violation of the separation of powers ...

  8. Criminal law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Criminal Justice in the United States 1789–1939. Cambridge University Press, 2011. Jefferson, Michael. Criminal Law. 12th Edition. Pearson Education Limited, 2015. O'Sullivan, Julie (Georgetown University Law Center) (2006). "The Federal Criminal "Code" is a Disgrace: Obstruction Statutes as Case Study". Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology ...

  9. List of United States Supreme Court opinions involving ...

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    Federal Republic of Germany v. United States, 526 U.S. 111 (1999) Medellín v. Dretke, 544 U.S. 660 (2005) Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008) Leal Garcia v. Texas, 564 U.S. 940 (2011) – Courts cannot stay an execution on the grounds that Congress might eventually enact a statute to enforce an international law.