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A partisan is a committed member of a political party. In multi-party systems , the term is used for persons who strongly support their party's policies and are reluctant to compromise with political opponents.
[1]: 42 Research has shown that the public prefers independent review of complaints against law enforcement, rather than relying on police departments to conduct internal investigations. [2] Public perception of police accountability can be partisan. [3] Electoral accountability can improve police accountability of asset forfeiture. [4]
However, the right candidate can be the disruptor the FBI needs while restoring its reputation as an efficient, effective and apolitical agency.
The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–81 (text), 121 Stat. 735, enacted September 14, 2007) is a law of the United States federal government that amended parts of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
Administrative Discretion in Criminal Law Enforcement--When a government official of law enforcement uses their own sense of ethical discretion such as not to or to invoke in criminal process. [13] There are two major situational motivations of police discretion; whether police response is internally invoked or citizen initiated and whether it ...
The 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act authorized the United States Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to bring civil ("pattern or practice") suits against local law enforcement agencies, to rein in abuses and hold agencies accountable. [25]
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 ...
Examples of constitutional hardball include the use of the debt ceiling to force others to agree to one's demands (hostage-taking), disenfranchising voters for the opposing party (voter suppression), routine use of the filibuster, routine refusal of appointments, court-packing, [8] actions by lame-duck administrations and legislatures to curb the powers of incoming legislators and ...