New political restrictions set for Justice Dept. appointees

[Zeedox]

New political restrictions set for Justice Dept. appointees

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will no longer allow political appointees to go to fundraisers and other campaign events under restrictions handed down Tuesday that are aimed at maintaining the department's independence from politics.

apnews.com

Appointees, hired under presidential administrations rather than making long careers at the Justice Department, have been allowed to attend political events passively on their personal time with prior approval. The new policy bans attendance altogether.

It also removes an exception that had allowed people with close family members running for office to attend political events during presidential election years, and it bars attending such events on the evening of Election Day.

About time.

 

[Gomez Adams]

That's the problem with this country: A whole lot of our "laws" aren't laws at all. They're simply precedent set by predecessors handed down over the decades and centuries.

We now live in an age of absolute corruption, so now we have to codify all of the traditions we've taken for granted since George Washington was president.

 

[Zeedox]

I have a feeling the founding fathers would be so disappointed by the partisanship in politics.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I have a feeling the founding fathers would be so disappointed by the partisanship in politics.

George Washington warned us all about that in his farewell speech. He is, to this day, our only president that was never a member of any political party.

Not surprisingly, he is considered by most to be our very best.