«Under the circumstances, Mr. Kelly can not reasonably be expected to prepare for trial on a gratuity charge without identification of
the specific official acts that he allegedly «rewarded» or the thing (s) of value that functioned as the reward.»
Not exact matches
But in a 2016 ruling in a Virginia case, the high court said «
official acts» by an elected
official had to include
specific use of government power, rather than
acts that could be perceived as «constituent services.»
In the Skelos case, jurors were told that an «
official act» can encompass «
acts customarily performed by a public
official,» including those that further long - term goals or are only steps toward achieving some outcome — language that the Supreme Court later found wasn't
specific enough.
One
specific incident involving Dr. Taub that prosecutors cited — a public ceremony honoring him that was prepared by Silver's staff — is an example of an
act that may not suffice as «
official» in the post-McDonnell world, Fisher noted.
They ruled that the jury instructions should have been more
specific about the «
official acts» that led to the bribery conviction.
In the McDonnell case, the Supreme Court said that
official act «must involve a formal exercise of governmental power, and must also be something
specific» - effectively raising the bar on what constitutes corruption.
Yesterday, the State Department of Education provided town -
specific results to each local superintendent of schools but refused to release the statewide results and threatened local
officials that they could not publicly discuss the results — in direct violation of the Connecticut Freedom of Information
Act — because the results were «embargoed» — a concept that is not allowed under Connecticut's open record law.
The
Official Receiver is a federal government employee in the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy and an officer of the court with
specific duties under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency
Act.
Within his rights to do so according to the Civil Service Reform
Act and the Whistleblower Protection
Act, Pat alleged a substantial and
specific danger to public health and safety and gross mismanagement by
officials at the DOE, NOAA, NWS and NCRFC because of their refusal to acknowledge the realities of climate change.
The short answer is that no, you will not be infringing on any copyrights if you link to a
specific website The Digital Millennium Copyright
Act covers the «online laws» and you may look through the
official documents if you want to make sure that you don't infringe on anyone's right.