# Does anyone know if there are criminal penalties attached to violations of the Hatch Act? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 18, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-there-are-criminal-penalties-attached-to-violations-of-the-hatch-act/952798 "2021-10-18T15:33:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-there-are-criminal-penalties-attached-to-violations-of-the-hatch-act/952798/17 "2021-10-20T10:56:12Z")
Too bad @Bone isn’t still around. > [@Kellyanne Conway should be fired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kellyanne-conway-should-be-fired/835485/47): > > This thread could easily spawn interesting discussion. Things like, is the Hatch Act good law? Should it be repealed? Does it violate the 1st amendment? Is what Conway did in violation of it? Should certain executive office personnel be exempt from it? Will there be consequences if it can be demonstrated that it was violated? Is there a history of violating it over some number of years or past administrations? All of those could be interesting discussion topics. Instead of that, you’ve … All you did was deflect on Conway until @Bone booted you from the thread. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-there-are-criminal-penalties-attached-to-violations-of-the-hatch-act/952798)._