I support this and long overdue. In the past few years I think the public has perceived (sometimes rightly) a vein of political favoritism in the application of justice- far too much for a country that touts the ideals of no man is above the law and that we are a country where rule of law is what matters. This policy is a step in the right direction and should increase the confidence we have in an important US institution. Garland tightens the reins on Justice Dept. employees' political activities Political appointees — those workers who are hired by a presidential administration and are not building their careers in the department — are essentially barred from attending partisan political events such as fundraisers and rallies. Garland in an Aug. 30 memo said that he was ending the long-standing policy of allowing appointees to attend those events if they participated passively and obtained prior approval from the department.
Essentially what Garland did was extend the restrictions on political activity to DOJ political appointees that are already applicable to the Department's career civil servants covered by the Hatch Act.
An old timer told me once “I don’t care what your politics or religion is, because it has no place on the job”
