A casual office conversation that included criticism of the new federal health care act drew a reprimand and an order to leave the Santa Clara, California county building before making political comments. (The Daily Caller, December 8, 2013, by Eric Owens)
The employee pointed out that the office was full of pro-Obama messages and that county employees wore pro-Obama apparel to work during the last presidential election. Brad Dacus of the Pacific Justice Institute emphasized the free speech implications of the muzzling, “Liberals and conservatives alike should be able to agree that this type of censorship is chilling and unconstitutional.” (Examiner, com, December 8, 2012, by Joe Newby)