Step-by-step explanation:
1st paragraph =
All grants of permission are subject to the overarching principles of the Code. A judge shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary, and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety. **
There will not be time for review all of these hypotheticals. Presenters should select those that he or she believes will be of most interest/assistance to judges in attendance
2nd paragraph =
Recommendations and References
A judge shall not abuse the prestige of judicial office to advance the personal or economic interests of the judge or others, or allow others to do so.
Judge Milton Mentor has excellent relations with past and present law clerks and interns. A current law intern is applying for jobs at law firms. The intern asks for a letter of recommendation.
May he write a letter of recommendation for the intern? On court letterhead,or The intern asks Judge Mentor if he will also make phone calls to lawyers at the firms. May Judge Mentor call the lawyers to advocate for the intern's application?
3rd paragraph =
According to President Firefly:
For much too long now both Congress and my predecessors in the Oval Office have allowed the process by which administrative rules and regulations are made to remain outside the limits imposed upon the constitutionally created branches of government by our system of constitutional checks and balances. And while I cannot speak for Congress, I am of the strong opinion that today we can no longer tolerate this failure to oversee effectively the enormous law-making powers exercised by the various institutions making up the federal bureaucracy. It is not an exaggerated claim that today most new laws enacted each year by the federal government are done so by the bureaucracy rather than Congress. Yet none of these regulations are subject to formal presentment to the president for his approval or veto. Today that constitutional imbalance ends. With the issuance of Executive Order 4621, all regulations promulgated by any component of the federal bureaucracy will be brought under the same kind of presentment requirement applied to all congressional law-makin