The legal point is an interesting one, and something that I didn't think about. I'm running a statistical analysis on the scandals that occurred in 2006 by members of the House of Representatives, and it's getting difficult to code whether someone was involved in a "professional" versus a "personal" scandal because some personal scandals involved things like drinking and driving. Other representatives were involved in BOTH! Also, what do you guys think about one representative not turning in another representative for doing something wrong? So let's say Incumbent A was involved in a sex scandal involving a minor and Incumbent B KNEW about what Incumbent A but didn't turn him in (since anything involving a minor is illegal) would you penalize Incumbent B as well? |