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CLC provides support and guidance to state and local ethics commissions through research and legal advice, regularly highlighting and promoting successful initiatives so they can be replicated in other municipalities. The team also takes legal action to hold officeholders accountable and regularly engages with the public and civic leaders to ensure that potential conflicts of interest and their appearance are avoided, clear ethical guidelines are established and followed and public confidence in government is well earned.
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![Nevada State Assembly](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2019-05/iStock-895130438.jpg?h=83db5a6b&itok=SzagA_yU)
![George Santos looking up at the camera from the House floor](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-11/2R8TW90.jpg?h=8c6f5e31&itok=juEbJim_)
![picture of nine justices sitting](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-07/2K7PKPE%202_0.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=foZ3Lbkv)
![supreme court courthouse](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-07/F0W82H.jpg?h=3f760734&itok=ySeJPVMw)
![American flag flies above the Rayburn House Office Building.](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-11/DSC_0176.jpg?h=790be497&itok=QkkfIbQh)
![A dark hazy shot of the capitol building seen next to its reflection in another building.](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2021-03/2EJ6NN8-2.jpg?h=0a9625a3&itok=5JPuaNeg)
![Bob Menendez standing in front of a gray wall](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-10/2BC868E.jpg?h=f685bac5&itok=JFDJjick)
![A podium with a microphone with the Senate seal on the front in front of two rows of chairs behind desks](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-10/iStock-824689908.jpg?h=a657fc2b&itok=SAI0fKMt)
![Kedric Payne speaking at a podium](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-09/23ATLethicsGala_0162.jpg?h=bf4b7ab2&itok=8PY56JrV)
![tall stack of cash in dark, gloomy lighting](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-08/foreboding%20wad%20of%20money.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=zX8LS23k)
![The U.S. Supreme Court in the late afternoon light with an American flag flying next to it](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2022-11/iStock-1182075589.jpg?h=e9e7181c&itok=KkKJF4xx)
Jul 27
Examining the Case of Supreme Court vs Ethics
Voters have a right to know whether the justices of the Supreme Court are behaving ethically. Join our experts as they explore how the Supreme Court can improve amid a year of ethics scandals.
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET • Virtual
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![A statue of lady justice in front of the state flag of Florida](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2022-04/iStock-1162383437_0.jpg?h=27ddaf0d&itok=yQN-y59K)
![Close-up of Justice Samuel Alito seated in the official Supreme Court portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-06/2K5C3P9.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=0B7f4sO4)