RECUSE YOURSELF! A primer on recuse laws.

Article briefly summarizes the concept of a recuse law.
By: Multiwave - The Los Angeles Professional Express
 
Jan. 7, 2011 - PRLog -- A recuse law — if you, as a congressperson, senator, assemblyperson, county supervisor or other elected, take any money from an organization, then you should be required to recuse yourself from every vote which relates to or affects that organization.  

   The Supreme Court has recently ruled that the money flowing from corporations, for example, to the U.S. Congress cannot be stopped because political participation via campaign contributions is part of a class of activity protected by the First Amendment.

   The only viable way to ensure that office holders’ cast votes based on policies’ merits rather than the gross campaign contributions received from one side of the issue or the other, therefore, is to ensure that those who take money sit out a vote when that contributor’s legislation is put forth.

   With regard to minimum wage, a recuse law would mean that unions could no longer buy legislative votes because legislators taking money from unions would have to recuse themselves from all proposed labor law legislation.  Our lawmakers would find themselves deciding early to not take big corporate contributions, lest they be seen as ineffective for not voting on a substantial number of matters before them.

Ideas of Dr. L. Wayne Gertmenian, Professor of Economics at Pepperdine University, paraphrased by Zein E. Obagi, Jr.

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