Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1939 Hatch Act prohibits government employees from using their position to engage in partisan activity, and prohibits their ...

There are few things more amazing than some of the bills that get thrown around at the beginning of the Legislative session. Take, for instance, HB 2467, a proposed measure sponsored by seven ...

Introduction : Loyalty on demand -- Congress, cabinet, and civil servants -- The first year : loyalty tests spread -- Loyalty defined : the ironclad test oath -- The key to freedom -- A problem of ...

The loyalty oath has been just one matter of contention in this most contentious of campaign seasons. Virginia Republicans tried to implement one for the Super Tuesday primary, drawing the ire of ...