Should Kellyanne Conway get prison time for violating the Hatch Act?

[CreekDog]

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	No, the maximum penalty under the law is removal from her position
	4 (80%)
	Yes, she should serve prison time for the violation
	1 (20%)
	Yes, but only if convicted by a jury of her peers of violating the Hatch Act
	0 (0%)
	No, but she should serve probation, be fined or some severe criminal penalty beyond losing her job
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[RockRaven]

1. The law should be enforced... what does the law say the penalty is? That is the answer

to your question. This should be obvious to everyone.

[pnwmom]

2. The law doesn't cite any penalty. That's the problem. nt

[CreekDog]

4. The law does cite penalties, but for her violation, the severest is removal from her position

http://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/103/94.pdf

[pnwmom]

5. Yes, I was thinking about a criminal penalty. She can't be sent to jail. n/t

[NewJeffCT]

8. Who enforces the penalty?

removal from office or 30 day suspension?

[RainCaster]

3. All those in the WH who insist she should stay...

... should go to Rikers as well.

[CreekDog]

6. i don't understand why you want her to be imprisoned when the law has no such penalty

do you support making up punishments beyond the law because you don’t like her?

[RainCaster]

9. This whole administration IS the swamp

Every one of DFT's lackies is acting like a two year old - breaking every boundary of decent behavior just to see what will happen. The result is that no government official will ever be trusted.

I don't support making shit up, but I do think that she has undoubtedly broken laws that do have sentence guidelines. For this, she should receive the maximum, using these "no punishment laws" as justification.

[spanone]

7. she won't even get a slap on the wrist.

[Dirty Socialist]

10. Disappointed in the Democrats

They should have already moved to have her ousted. What are they waiting for? Are they devoid of courage?

[spanone]

11. what can they do?

[tritsofme]

12. Move to have her "ousted"? What kind of nonsense is this?

How do you suppose congressional Democrats do that?

It’s almost like one would have to be devoid of a remedial knowledge of civics to make such a silly argument.

[Dirty Socialist]

13. Can they impeach?

Or are they powerless to do anything? If they are powerless, there's something wrong here.

[tritsofme]

14. Is it problematic that the president can't fire a congressional aide?

You are basically asking for the inverse.

Generally only Senate confirmed officers are subject to impeachment. House Democrats could pass bills that zero out funding for her position, but they would be responsible for a government shutdown by insisting on the provision.

[Codeine]

18. She's a staffer in a different branch of government.

I don’t want Trump or Pence firing Pelosi’s staff, do you?

[StarfishSaver]

15. IKR?

[Codeine]

17. "devoid of a remedial knowledge of civics"

is pretty much par for the course around here some days.

[Codeine]

16. No, and the very suggestion is stupid. nt