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''United States Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers'', 413 U.S. 548 (1973), is a ruling by the United States Supreme Court which held that the Hatch Act of 1939 does not violate the First Amendment, and its implementing regulations are not unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. ==Background== In 1939, the United States Congress passed the Hatch Act, which barred federal employees from taking part in political campaigns. In ''United Public Workers v. Mitchell'', 330 U.S. 75 (1947), the U.S. Supreme Court had held that the Act did not violate the First, Fifth, Ninth, or Tenth amendments to U.S. Constitution.〔Moore, ''Constitutional Rights and Powers of the People,'' 1996, p. 203.〕 The same day, in ''Oklahoma v. United States Civil Service Commission'', 330 U.S. 127 (1947), the Court rejected a similar Tenth Amendment challenge to the Act. In 1971, six federal employees, the National Association of Letter Carriers, and six local Democratic and Republican political committees sought an injunction against the enforcement of the Hatch Act on the grounds that the law violated their First Amendment rights and was unconstitutionally vague.〔''U.S. Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers'', 413 U.S. 548, 551.〕 The United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that ''United Public Workers v. Mitchell'' had left the constitutionality of the term "political activity" open to question.〔''U.S. Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers'', 413 U.S. 548, 553-554.〕 The District Court then found that the term was impermissibly vague and overbroad.〔 The District Court then argued that, even if ''United Public Workers'' had foreclosed any discussion of the constitutionality of the term, subsequent Supreme Court decisions regarding the rights of federal workers had undermined the decision and left the door open for the District Court to re-examine the Act's constitutionality.〔 The federal government appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which granted certiorari. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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