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Who Really Cares About The Hatch Act?
Season 1 · Episode 175

Who Really Cares About The Hatch Act?

If you watched the Republican National Convention, you heard a lot of coverage about the Hatch Act and the constant stream of violations occurring on live television. But does anyone really care about this? Maybe more to the point, is the law so over...

Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer

September 1, 202030m 13s

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Show Notes

If you watched the Republican National Convention, you heard a lot of coverage about the Hatch Act and the constant stream of violations occurring on live television. But does anyone really care about this? Maybe more to the point, is the law so over broad that it's blunted its own impact? We also check in on Yale Law School where a prominent professor is suspended for two years after an internal investigation into sexual harassment allegations.