A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown.
The ruling from US District Judge Christopher Cooper is the latest court rebuke of controversial moves by the Trump administration during what has now become the longest shutdown in US history.
Cooper, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, said the department had unconstitutionally compelled its employees’ speech when it tinkered with the out-of-office messages for furloughed workers so that they included language blaming the shutdown on “Democrat Senators” who “are blocking” passage of a “clean continuing resolution” that would fund the government.
Lol…
The only way the Hatch Act is actually used, is to make government employees not be able to assume office if they win an election.
No one gets fired or written up for saying something political, even when on the clock.
It’s just to divide the actual federal workers from the puppets the oligarchs bought off.
If someone with experience working in the government wants to run for office, they need to quit their job before they enter any races. Which is a huge hurdle, although with the DRP, furlough, and other bullshit. A lot of people with experience actually working in the government are gonna start running for office.
Because now they’re no longer government employees and thats all that was holding them back