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Only high-level federal officials are included in this list. For the executive branch, this means the President, Vice President, and Cabinet members (i.e. officials compensated at Level I of the Executive Schedule). [9] For the legislative branch, this means members of the Congress, whether the Senate or House of Representatives.
This list consists of American politicians convicted of crimes either committed or prosecuted while holding office in the federal government.It includes politicians who were convicted or pleaded guilty in a court of law; and does not include politicians involved in unprosecuted scandals (which may or may not have been illegal in nature), or politicians who have only been arrested or indicted.
Truman Handy Newberry (R-MI) US Senator, was convicted of election irregularities, but the case was overturned by the US Supreme Court. However, due to continued opposition and a senate condemnation vote claiming that $3,750 was too much to spend on an election [ 129 ] [ 130 ] against automaker Henry Ford , he resigned.
The agency received more than 81,000 charges of workplace discrimination in fiscal year 2023, which was a 10% increase over 2022, EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows said.
The judge presiding over the case, Laurence Silberman, offered an explanation for the court's decision, stating that the FCC based its case on preventing workplace discrimination and promoting diversity of programming. However, the court found that the FCC does not have the authority to declare regulations using an anti-discrimination rationale.
Hiring preferences given by Congress to Native Americans at the Bureau of Indian Affairs are not violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Commissioner v. Idaho Power Co. 418 U.S. 1 (1974) Income tax, capitalization of costs related to acquisition of capital assets: Jenkins v. Georgia: 418 U.S. 153 (1974)
Mismanaging his committee's budget in previous Congress, excessive absenteeism, misuse of public funds. [30] Powell was reelected to the seat for one more term. This exclusion led to a Supreme Court case which held that the exclusion was unconstitutional and that Congress can only exclude members who do not meet the minimum constitutional ...
Strong allegations. The Ethics Committee report alleged that: From at least 2017 to 2020, Gaetz "regularly" paid women for sex. From 2017 to 2019, Gaetz "used or possessed illegal drugs, including ...