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Garcetti v. Ceballos

First Amendment scholar hopes Supreme Court does not limit public employee free speech rights

donal brown January 13, 2011

First Amendment Center’s David Hudson hopes that in deciding whether voting by elected officials is a form of free speech, the U.S. Supreme Court does not apply Garcetti v. Ceballos which severely limits employees’ free speech rights. -db First Amendment Center Jandudary 11, 2011 By David L. Hudson Jr. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide in Commission on Ethics of the State of Nevada v. Carrigan whether voting by elected officials is a form of

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Texas cheerleader refusing to cheer for attacker sues for free speech rights

donal brown November 8, 2010

An ex-Texas high school cheerleader is appealing a verdict by the federal appeals court that held that her school was within their rights to kick her off the cheerleading squad when she refused to cheer for a basketball player accused of raping her. -db San Francisco Chronicle Analysis November 5, 2010 By Bob Egelko If you’re a high school cheerleader, you cheer for the whole team. The stars and the scrubs. The nice guys and

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Fired Omaha police employee loses free speech case

donal brown October 26, 2010

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court decision ruling that an Omaha public safety auditor had not shown that she was speaking as a citizen when she criticized the police force. -db Omaha World-Herald October 21, 2010 By Bob Glissmann Tristan Bonn, who was fired four years ago from her job as the City of Omaha’s public safety auditor, has lost an appeal in which she alleged that the city unlawfully retaliated against her and

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Special-ed teacher fired for objecting to paddling of autistic student

donal brown February 12, 2010

A federal district court ruled that because her speech was work-related, a special-ed teacher could be fired for opposing the paddling of one of her autustic students for disruptive behavior. -db First Amendment Center February 12, 2010 By David L. Hudson Jr. A special-education teacher in Booneville, Miss., who complained about corporal punishment of an autistic student by another teacher has no First Amendment claim, a federal district court has ruled. The court reasoned that

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State policeman’s complaint about lead exposure not protected under First Amendment

donal brown January 11, 2010

Federal courts have ruled that when an Illinois State Police officer complained about lead exposure on the firing range, his complaint did not raise public health issues and consequently was private and not protected under the First Amendment. -DB First Amendment Center January 11, 2010 By David L. Hudson Jr. An Illinois State Police officer who complained about elevated levels of lead in his workplace has no First Amendment protection, a federal appeals court recently

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