Moreland Commission Explores Public Corruption but Changes Can Take Place through Legislation
Earlier this summer, the Governor, using power granted to him pursuant to the Moreland Act, empaneled a commission to investigate public corruption. The Moreland Act grants the governor broad powers to investigate the affairs of a government agency. The act was initially enacted in the early 1900s at the behest of then Governor Charles Evans Hughes who sought the power to investigate the State Insurance Department.