Jan. 17, 2023, 2:53 PM
The US judiciary’s administrative office failed to convince a federal appeals court to revisit its decision striking rules preventing administrative office employees from engaging in political activity.
The Administrative Office provides support to the federal courts. In 2018, it imposed new rules about the partisan activities of its roughly 1,100 workers, including prohibitions on donating to political campaigns
- A Washington, D.C., federal judge blocked seven of the nine contested restrictions from being enforced against the majority of AO employees in 2020
- The D.C. Circuit held the rules infringed free speech rights, saying the office’s stated reasons for the restrictions were …
