5 C.F.R. § 4.1
Prohibition against political activity
No person employed in the executive branch of the Federal Government, or any agency or department thereof, shall use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the result thereof. No person occupying a position in the competitive service shall take any active part in political management or in political campaigns, except as may be provided by or pursuant to statute. All such persons shall retain the right to vote as they may choose and to express their opinions on all political subjects and candidates.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1955–2014 · leading case: William P. H. Flanagan v. Philip Young, 228 F.2d 466 (D.C. Cir. 1955).
William P. H. Flanagan v. Philip Young, 228 F.2d 466 (D.C. Cir. 1955). “New Civil Service Rule IV, 5 C.F.R. § 4.1 (1949). 7 . 54 Stat. 767 (1940), 56 Stat.”
Sczygelski v. U.S. Customs & Border Patrol Agency, 48 F. Supp. 3d 80 (D.D.C. 2014). “§ 7323(c) and 5 C.F.R. § 4.1 make it clear that a federal civil servant cannot be fired for expressing the exact same political opinion that I expressed!;] therefore there is no rational reason for CBP’s refusal to hire me for expressing that political opinion.”
Sczygelski v. United States Off. of Special Couns., 926 F. Supp. 2d 238 (D.D.C. 2013). “§§ 2301 (b)(6), 2302(b)(10) and (b)(12), 7321, 7323(c), and 5 C.F.R. § 4.1 .... Rule 6.11.2 of the CBP Standards of Conduct is unconstitutionally void for vagueness .”
Alden K. Gray v. John W. MacY Jr., Etc., 358 F.2d 742 (9th Cir. 1966). “§ 118i(a), and by Civil Service Rule IV, 5 C.F.R. § 4.1 ; and (3) that Charge V, relating to the solicitation of registered members of the Democratic Party, is not supported by substantial evidence as to three of the five incidents charged, and the remaining two incidents were…”
Peale v. United States, 325 F. Supp. 193 (N.D. Ill. 1971). “§§ 7324 , 7326 and 5 C.F.R. §§ 4.1 , 4.2, 315.803, 315.806(b), and 713.”
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