Controversy
The Hatch Act was challenged in the Supreme Court in 1947 and 1974 as a violation of free speech. The court upheld the Act in both cases.
A proposed amendment to permit federal workers to participate in political campaigns passed the House but not the Senate in 1987. In 1990 a similar bill passed both houses but was vetoed by President George H.W. Bush, and the veto override failed in the House.
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“Ours was a highly activist administration, with a lot of controversy involved ... but I’m not sure that it would be inconsistent with my own political nature to do it differently if I had it to do all over again.”
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