(1974)’s Empirical Analysis
1974
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Applies 5 U.S.C. § 1501
Relies on Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers · Boone v. Lightner · Wisconsin State Employees Ass'n, Council 24 v. Wisconsin Natural Resources Board
Most-quoted passages
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“The issue presented by your request is whether a state agency may proscribe partisan political activity to state employes covered by the Hatch Act even though the legislature approves of such conduct when the procedures of sec. 16.35 (2) and (4) are followed. It is my opinion that an agency may not adopt such a policy. In rendering this opinion, I am cognizant of the potential loss of federal funds if covered employes are found in violation . . . . [T]he legislature has formally redefined the balance between an agency's interests and the employe's interests by specifically allowing leaves of absence for such activity . . . . [An] employe today certainly may take leave to run for office and no policy of an agency could be upheld that allowed for his discharge because of it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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