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Labor/Employment

Jun. 9, 2006

Public Employees' Speech Gets No Protection From 'Ceballos'

Focus Column - By J. Scott Tiedemann and Arlin B. Kachalia - Is a police officer entitled to First Amendment protection based upon statements made in a police report? Does the First Amendment insulate a government auditor from discipline based upon her official reports of government waste?

Focus Column

By J. Scott Tiedemann and Arlin B. Kachalia
     

      Is a police officer entitled to First Amendment protection based upon statements made in a police report? Does the First Amendment insulate a government auditor from discipline based upon her official reports of government waste?
      No - not since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decisi...

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