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The Hatch Act and The Election

28 min • 29 augusti 2020

With only two months before the election, the Republican Party got a lot of attention - and scorn - for using the White House as a backdrop during their nominating convention. The convention appeared to be in contradiction of The Hatch Act, which forbids federal employees from political campaigning while they’re on duty. Even if the convention broke the law, will anyone be held accountable? Plus, we tackle the President’s recent comments casting doubt on mail-in balloting.

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The Hatch Act and The Election

Senaste avsnitt

The Return of Con Law

Election Lawsuits

Enemy Aliens

Faithless Electors and Wrong Winners

Deepfakes and Lying Liars

Whose Speech, Whose Campus

Fishy Deep State

Preview: Not Built For This

Cruel and Unusual

Farfetched Arguments

Law-Free Zone

The Disqualification Clause

Gag

Margarine, Meadows, and Removal

Comstock Zombies

On the Eve of Trump's Arraignment

Lies, George Santos, and the 1st Amendment

Weddings, Websites, and Forced Speech

The War Between the States

Trump's Bet on Cannon

The Mar-a-Lago Warrant

The Longest Week

Jan 6 and the Evidence Against Trump

After Dobbs

The Second Amendment

Ethics and Masks

The Leaked Draft

On the Other End of the Line

Book Banning and the Constitution

The Administrative State

A Jurisprudence of Doubt

Executive Privilege, SB 8 update, and Rust

The Eastman Memo

Shadow Docket

Double Dose of Jacobson

Bong Hits for Jesus

Hate Crimes

Pattern and Practice

The Capitol Mob and their cell phones

Deplatforming and Section 230

Incitement

The Final Days

Lame Duck

Counting Votes

SCOTUS without RBG

The Hatch Act and The Election

The Trump SCOTUS Term

Police, Race, and Federalism

The Socially Distanced SCOTUS

Jacobson and COVID

Quarantine Powers

Prosecutorial Discretion

War Powers and Impeachment Update

Bribery

Confrontation Clause

Foreign Affairs

Obstruction

Contempt Power

Executive Privilege

The 25th Amendment

Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment

Kavanaugh Special Episode

Treason

Roe

Justice Kennedy

Taking the Fifth

President Twitter and the First Amendment

Posse Comitatus

Attorney Client Privilege

Deadly Force

The Poisonous Tree

The Tenth Amendment

The 4th Amendment and the Border

Defamation

Challenge Coin

Prosecuting a President

Criminal Justice and the POTUS

Right to Dissent