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Dismantling the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Law: “Well Short of Exercising Good Judgment”

Abstract In 1993, the Kentucky General Assembly enacted one of the most far-reaching legislative ethics laws in the country. In three short years, it was substantially weakened, and efforts to further limit the impact of the law have continued ever since. The Kentucky experience represents a case study on how ethics laws are enacted and the process that can lead to their modification and decline. It also raises fundamental questions about the nature of ethics laws and leads ultimately to basic structural questions about state legislatures.