Word: ginsburgs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Supreme Court, on June 2, 1986, adopted Ginsburg's arguments in a decision that will reduce government regulation of cable operators...
...First Amendment rights case that had economic consequences to it...," said a former federal ethics official familiar with the cable case but not with Ginsburg's role in it. "If I'm holding cable stock, that is a good thing...
...Ginsburg, nominated by President Reagan to succeed retired Justice Lewis Powell on the court, apparently did not violate criminal conflict of interest laws because the company in which he invested was not a direct party to the case even though it could benefit from the ruling...
...ethics experts said Ginsburg's actions could be viewed as skirting a presidential executive order forbidding actions that create an appearance of a conflict or of favoritism. Violation of that order carries administrative penalties, such as a letter of reprimand or suspension...
...Ginsburg, through his informal spokesman W. Stephen Cannon, declined yesterday to comment on his role in the cable case until he has an opportunity to review his records...