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Topic: Government ethics

Definition: Rules and norms about how people who hold public power may use it, and who checks them.
Scope: Conflicts of interest, disclosure, clemency, appointments and the limits on each. Electoral rules and campaign finance have their own topics.

📁 Sub-topics

Topic	Beliefs beneath	What it covers
Public office and private gain	5	Whether, and how, the law should stop officeholders and their families from using an office to make money.

📋 Beliefs filed beneath this topic

Under	Belief	Truth	Belief score
Public office and private gain	Letting Congress overturn a presidential pardon by a two-thirds vote of both chambers would reduce the use of the pardon power for private gain.	0.50	+0.39
Public office and private gain	Barring members of Congress and the president from owning or trading individual stocks would reduce the use of public office for private gain.	0.50	+0.32
Public office and private gain	Barring the president and members of Congress from giving any official government function to a family member would reduce the use of public office for private gain.	0.50	+0.00
Public office and private gain	Requiring the president and members of Congress to publish their tax returns would reduce the use of public office for private gain.	0.50	+0.00
Public office and private gain	Public office should not be usable for private gain.	0.50	+0.00

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