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Hatch Act

A federal law that restricts the political activities of federal employees, including paying public employees to attend partisan rallies.

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Jan 21, 2026
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How do the DoD Directive 1344.10 and service-specific rules define prohibited political speech on social media?

bars active‑duty service members from engaging in partisan political activity that could reasonably be viewed as associating the with a political party, candidate, campaign, or cause, and service bran...

Feb 5, 2026

What legal or ethical rules govern paying people to attend protests or political rallies in the U.S.?

or political rallies sits at the intersection of and an evolving tangle of state and federal restrictions: the government may impose narrow, content‑neutral limits on time, place and manner, while rec...