Government,
Constitutional Law
Nov. 2, 2023
Balancing free speech and government interests
Understanding the limitations on government employees’ speech is essential to maintaining the integrity of government institutions, because government employees are often the best situated to identify government waste and corruption.
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing freedom of speech (among other rights), is both widely celebrated and hotly debated. For example, the First Amendment will likely play a pivotal role in former President Donald Trump’s challenge of the now-stayed “gag order” in the D.C. District restricting his speech targeting certain persons involved in his prosecution. It also was central to the order of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upholdin...
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