Talk:Hatch Act

1993

Content removed because the subject of the offending paragraph is about the 1993 amendments to the Hatch Act:

but the Supreme Court ultimately ruled in United Public Workers v. Mitchell (1947) that government's need for "orderly management of administration" was greater than the appellant's freedom of expression. Organized labor won the long struggle, when in 1993 Congress passed a new amendment removing the restrictions.

1. It's not clear how a suit brought against a 1993 law can be "ultimately ruled" against in 1947. Obviously, either the Supreme court refused to hear the case citing the precedent of UPW v. Mitchell; or the Supreme Court heard the case (in which case, we would need a case name & number) and rejected the challenge because of the UPW v. Mitchell precedent.
2. I'm also not sure how organized labor could have "won the long struggle" against the 1993 law "when in 1993 Congress passed a new amendment removing the restrictions." What makes what must have been a matter of months "the long struggle"?
3. It's now not clear whether or not the Hatch Act is still law. The article lede claims that the Hatch Act is still the ruling law, but this removed section says that Congress removed the Hatch Act restrictions in 1993. Which is correct?

Someone needs to research this. Russell D. Jones 18:51, 24 September 2013 (UTC)