"As a lawyer who used to enforce the Hatch Act" - Daniel Jacobson

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[Doremus]

1. Is a law a law if no one enforces it? nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. It's like that tree in the woods.

[niyad]

21. By whom? On what grounds?

[grantcart]

22. The Supreme Court ruled it is constitutional in 1973

There have been about a dozen complaints made by the OSC finding violations of the Hatch Act but they were relatively minor in nature and was handled mostly with a warning letter.

It wasn't until this administration that the abuses were so systemic.

Conway was found to have made multiple violations of the HA but the Trump Doubt It not follow up.

[CrispyQ]

24. Laws are for democrats. -nt

[Blue Owl]

2. K&R

[Magoo48]

4. He does not care.

His thinking is there isn’t one agency in the USA with the courage and willingness to stop me. In his view we are weak; he is strong. We should stop making demands if they are impotent. It doesn’t look good.

[wcmagumba]

5. Could charges be brought on these violations in 2021? Just wondering...nt

[C_U_L8R]

6. The penalties are pretty limp

[bullimiami]

7. so the max penalties are, lose federal job, banned from federal employment for 5 years

1000 fine.

Pretty weak but there are likely 100s of people in trump admin that have broken the law.

What does it take to enforce this?

I see this...

The Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) are responsible for enforcement of the Hatch Act.

Does that mean it doesnt take a court?


on edit.

Those like K Conway, Ivanka etc... who have repeatedly violated it, can they be charged with multiple counts?

[Hoyt]

8. How many people are in prison for violating the Hatch Act?

[Baitball Blogger]

9. So, when does the hearing begin?

[Timewas]

10. Begins

Whenever putin oks it

[dchill]

11. What court will these crimes be tried in?

[DENVERPOPS]

12. How many times

have we all said: He can't do that legally. Or the RepubliCON Senators can't do that legally?

From day one, they were not going to wait for the 2020 election to install their Corporate Fascist Tyranny.

We are well past the point of no Return people........

A book written about the past 40 years, and particularly the last four years would have the PERFECT title:

WHILE THE NATION SLEPT..........

Someone could sit down and write every willful and wanton violation of the U.S. Constitution and Rule of Law and it would take months to cite every single violation.

THIS IS WHAT A "CORPORATE FASCIST TYRANNY LOOKS LIKE..........

and it is gonna get a lot uglier in the next two months, as the RepubliCONs will stop at nothing to make it permanent.......

[sandensea]

15. +1

Cheeto, lest we forget, is merely an inevitable product of a much larger problem: the push by Big Business (with exceptions) to return to a Mussolini - or even a 19th century - model of governance.

Back to a Gilded Age in which government was merely an agency of theirs - something they've already more than halfway accomplished.

At the very least, their goal is to make even the most modest reforms all but impossible. Radicalizing the right is a big part of that - or so they think.

Because radicalized politics (be it on the far left or right - but especially on the far right, due to all the money behind it) is like a snake eating its own tail. It never ends well for anyone.

[ArizonaLib]

14. It will get recognized as wrong when a Democrat is in office

If the republicans can't take any legal action, they will scream forever and loud. That is what 'lock her up' was all about.

[ancianita]

16. Trump knows it's too late and futile to impeach him for it, but in the future...

if we make that future come true by luck and pluck, he'll be indicted for it.

We just have to make sure he doesn't cheat this election while calling Democrats the cheaters. Which he's already doing and will do no matter what the result is.

[speaknow]

17. Law?

What does that mean to them, nothing.
They have been getting away with
every and anything they want no matter
what it is. They have no respect for any
RULE OF LAW!

[LiberalFighter]

18. How many other times has Trump participated in a naturalization ceremony?

[DENVERPOPS]

23. Melanoma's illegal one?????????/ Nc

[Kyblue1]

19. There is no chance that Trump will be penalized by the government for this violation but

The people should hold him accountable for his blatant disregard for the law by voting him out of office. This is just one of a number of examples of his authoritarianism belief that he is above the law. Our “Law & Order” President”, what a sick joke.

[Evolve Dammit]

20. So it's pretty much guidance for chumps, like the WH Ethics Standards that got ditched?

Or the House and Senate "Rules" on conduct, decorum and (yawn) civil discourse. A sharp rebuke is in order....

[dalton99a]

25. Kick