Rampant Hatch Act Violations Revealed in Clinton Emails

Conservative Daily News reports:

The Hatch Act was first passed in 1939 to protect against the development of an oligarchy where high level political appointees use their official titles and powers to sway elections.

Most federal employees who work for the executive branch are prohibited to some degree from participating in political activity. Members of the executive departments are held to less stringent standards, but use of public office as a soapbox for furthering their political ideology is still clearly forbidden.

According to the Office of Special Counsel, employees may not “use any e-mail account or social media to distribute, send, or forward content that advocates for or against a partisan political party, candidate for partisan political office, or partisan political group.” Nor may they “express opinions about candidates and issues. If the expression is political activity, however – i.e., activity directed at the success or failure of a political party, candidate for partisan political office, or partisan political group – then the expression is not permitted while the employee is on duty, in any federal room or building, while wearing a uniform or official insignia, or using any federally owned or leased vehicle.”

Yet, Hillary Clinton, her advisers and other state department employees did precisely this. Even though the server through which Clinton communicated was private, her use of it for official government business makes it effectively federal property.

No word yet on this story from Harvard's Larry Lessig who seems to not be too worried about Hatch Act violations from overpaid government workers.