On this day in history, August 2, 1939, FDR signs the Hatch Act into law

On this day in history, Aug. 2, 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act of 1939 — known formally as An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities — into U.S. federal law, according to History.com. This legislation prohibits civil service employees in the executive branch…

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