Prof. Painter Quoted in NPR Article on Hatch Act

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a National Public Radio article entitled "Hatch Act Keeps Federal Workers Out Of Politics." The Hatch Act regulates partisan political activity by government employees. Painter observed that it is difficult for high ranking government officials to comply with the Hatch Act because they are often asked to do personal capacity work for the president's political party, and that this work is easy to confuse with official duties. Painter has also urged that the law should be changed to prohibit some of this partisan political activity.