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"Richard Painter, who served as President George W. Bush's ethics counsel, has been a crusader for closing the political-affairs office and barring partisan political activity in the White House," states Kirsten…
In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Professor Richard Painter stated, it is unlikely that the law was broken in either the Sestak or Romanoff discussions. The Romanoff incident was more problematic because…
Professor Richard Painter was cited in a New York Times article on the controversy over White House discussions of possible jobs in the Obama Administration for Joe Sestak and Andrew Romanoff, which…
Professor Richard Painter was interviewed by NPR's Michele Norris for a five minute segment on All Things Considered. He discussed the controversy over White House discussions of possible jobs in the Obama…
Professor Richard Painter was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered and quoted in the…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in Salon.com on the controversy over President Obama's offer of an Administration job to Joe Sestak if he dropped out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary. Professor Painter…
Professor Richard Painter's editorial published in The American Lawyer urged for a repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, because the policy institutionalizes dishonesty in the military. "Many problems…
Professor Richard Painter's op-ed supporting the President's nomination of Goodwin Liu to the Ninth Circuit was published in the Los Angeles Times. The op-ed described Liu as a moderate liberal who would be a…
Professor Painter was interviewed by NPR's All Things Considered on the controversy over Senator Ben Nelson's vote on parts of the financial reform bill that are opposed by Warren Buffet's Berkshire…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an editorial by Deborah Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle on the President's nomination of Godwin Liu to the Ninth Circuit. The op-ed disagreed with Professor…
In a New York Times times article on the SEC's fraud case against Goldman Sachs, Professor Richard Painter was quoted as saying that the novel nature of the fraud charges made it important for the S.E.C. to…
Ms. Totenberg's NPR story about the April 16 Senate hearing on Goodwin Liu's nomination to the Ninth Circuit quoted Professor Richard Painter's posts to the website Legal Ethics Forum. Ms. Totenberg quoted that…