SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
The statute, though, contains several exceptions to the discharge, generally describing debts that Congress regarded as so important or reflecting such objectionable behavior that it is inappropriate for the debtor to discharge them. For Barrett, the case begins and ends with the language of the statute.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
She is now accused of criminal malfeasance in office and interfering with an emergency communication. She was charged under Louisiana law with malfeasance in office. Obviously, this is one of the most serious forms of malfeasance since people could die or be injured as a result. Malfeasance in office. CORRUPT PRACTICES.
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The Crime Report
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Although prosecutors can in theory be charged with malfeasance, the report said it found no cases where a prosecutor faced criminal charges for conduct related to their role in conducting a trial, such as withholding evidence or intimidating witnesses. Establish an Oversight Commission.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 3, 2022
Bartenwerfer points first to the court’s articulation of a clear-statement rule, under which the exceptions to discharge are narrowly limited to those that are “plainly expressed” in the statute. Turning from the literal text to the broader statutory context, Bartenwerfer emphasizes the next subparagraph of the statute.
InHouseOps
JULY 2, 2021
In determining severity, we look at the amount of money at issue, the number and type of victims, and whether the malfeasance is ongoing or stopped,” said a securities regulator in North America. Third-Party Support is Rare, but Seemed to be Dictated by Country Size.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
The court, however, declined to invalidate the entire agency for this structural flaw, instead severing the for-cause provision from the rest of its authorizing statute. Issues : (1) Whether a “scheme or artifice to defraud” under the wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. United States. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 23, 2021
They made two arguments: first, that the FHFA and Treasury lacked the authority to enter into the amendment, and second, that the statute that created the FHFA is unconstitutional because it allows the president to fire the agency’s director only “for cause.”. Three shareholders went to court to challenge the 2012 amendment.
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