Prof. Painter Quoted in Businessweek on HHS Secretary Hatch Act Violation

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Bloomberg Businessweek article on the Office of Special Counsel finding that the U.S. Health and Human Services Department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius violated the Hatch Act by giving a partisan political speech in her official capacity at a dinner for a nonprofit group. Painter said that he had not heard of a violation by a cabinet officer before, but that such violations were more likely when presidents roll out cabinet secretaries for political as well as official events.