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March 19, 2010
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The Hatch Act Strikes Again

Politicians beware

by James Leonard

posted 10/27/2008

An obscure 1939 federal law originally designed to curb rampant patronage in the post office, the Hatch Act is now being used as a blunt political object to force candidates out of elections—or jobs.

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