Government,
Constitutional Law
Nov. 12, 2025
Social media tests free speech for government workers
Social media has blurred the line between official and personal speech for public employees, creating new legal challenges over what posts are protected by the First Amendment.
Adanté Pointer
Co-founder
Pointer & Buelna LLP
Phone: (510) 839-5200
Email: apointer@lawyersftp.com
UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA
From the president down, today's elected officials and their appointees frequently comment on social media and pour out a stream of insults and lies about our institutions, the people who run them, the folks on their "enemies" list and segments of the American public they just don't like.
What if the bullying and haranguing that may be the norm on Capitol Hill was replicated by school...
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