This week’s Republican National Convention has drawn renewed attention to the Hatch Act, a 1939 ethics law that broadly restricts federal employees’ political activity and their use of federal resources for politics. President Trump has held convention events at the White House and has incorporated official actions like a naturalization ceremony, a foreign trip by the Secretary of State and a presidential pardon into the convention programming, raising questions about whether the White House is complying with the letter or...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 26, 2020 19:41 UTC