{"id":58277,"date":"2026-04-02T13:08:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=58277"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:09:19","slug":"common-cause-opposes-doj-self-policing-ethics-rule","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/resources\/common-cause-opposes-doj-self-policing-ethics-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Opposes DOJ &#8220;Self-Policing&#8221; Ethics Rule"},"template":"","class_list":["post-58277","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","resource_type":false,"authors":"","related_issues":[2083],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":true,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":[{"file_download":true,"link":null,"file":58278}]}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">An <b>March 27, 2026<\/b>, Common Cause submitted a formal comment opposing the <b>Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) Proposed Rule OAG199<\/b>. The proposed rule would strip independent state bar associations of their power to enforce state ethics rules against their own attorneys.\r\n\r\nCommon Cause argues this \u201cradical change\u201d is a violation of the <b>McDade Amendment (28 U.S.C. \u00a7 530B)<\/b>, which mandates federal prosecutors be held to the same ethical standards as all other licensed attorneys. This complaint was submitted in response to the recent dismantling of internal ethics offices and clear overreach of federal prosecutors starting in 2025. 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