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Hatch Act

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002397

A federal law that restricts the political activities of executive branch employees of the U.S. government, except for the President and Vice President. Its purpose is to maintain a non-partisan federal workforce and prevent political coercion. The law prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty or in a federal building.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002397
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002397",
  "term": "Hatch Act",
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  "definition": "A federal law that restricts the political activities of executive branch employees of the U.S. government, except for the President and Vice President. Its purpose is to maintain a non-partisan federal workforce and prevent political coercion. The law prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty or in a federal building.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/hatch-act/"
}

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