Sentence examples for ethics ruling from inspiring English sources

Gosper fought back tears after calling his wife, Judy, to tell her about the ethics ruling.

The ethics ruling in hand, Mr. Rowland sought to put the issue of the cottage behind him.

It was once common practice for politicians to receive complimentary seats to sporting events, but a state ethics ruling in 2008 made it clear that state officials were prohibited from soliciting or accepting such tickets in most cases.

While it has been common practice in the past for politicians to receive complimentary seats to sporting events, a state ethics ruling in 2008 made clear that the law prohibits state officials from soliciting or accepting such tickets in most cases.

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PAGE A8 Bid to Limit Ethics Panel After two ethics rulings against the House majority leader, Tom DeLay, Republicans plan to make such inquiries harder to start.

A long-shot attempt to block U.K. researchers from creating human-animal hybrid cells or embryos has ended quickly, with a judge dismissing a new lawsuit filed by the Christian Legal Centre and the Comment on Reproductive Ethics and ruling that the groups should pay £20,000 in court costs.

He issued an order Thursday announcing his decision, drawing on legal ethics rules that prohibit judges from ruling on issues they feel biased toward.

The court expanded the free-speech rights of judicial candidates, ruling 5 to 4 that state ethics rules cannot prohibit incumbent judges or their challengers from taking stands on disputed legal or political issues.

This month, a federal judge in Atlanta made a similar ruling, striking down a Georgia ethics rule because it prohibited misleading statements and omissions, not just intentional falsehoods.

An Oct. 7 news article reports that recent court rulings have invoked the First Amendment to block state efforts to impose ethics rules and finance restrictions on state judicial campaigns that have turned "nastier and more expensive".