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$485K Settlement in Government Employee Speech Case Stemming from Comments About Charlie Kirk's Death

The case, Brown v. Young, just settled; the government employer (the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) agreed to pay plaintiff $275K… The post $485K Settlement in Government Employee Speech Case Stemming from Comments About Charlie Kirk's Death appeared first on Reason.com.

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Claim Over Firing for Kirk-Assassination-Related Post Can Go Forward, Court Rules

From McVeigh v. Kelly, decided last week by Chief Judge Allen Winsor (M.D. Fla.): The facts come from the complaint,… The post Claim Over Firing for Kirk-Assassination-Related Post Can Go Forward, Court Rules appeared first on Reason.com.

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Yet Again with the Heckler's Veto in a Government Employee Speech Case

From Judge Glen Davidson's opinion Wednesday in Stokes v. Boyce (N.D. Miss.): On September 10, 2025, well-known podcaster Charlie Kirk… The post Yet Again with the Heckler's Veto in a Government Employee Speech Case appeared first on Reason.com.

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Mayor's Right to Dismiss Volunteer Board Appointees for Speech, Including Religiously Motivated Speech

From Hodges v. Gloria, decided Thursday by the Ninth Circuit (Judges Consuelo Callahan and Lucy Koh, and Judge J. Campbell… The post Mayor's Right to Dismiss Volunteer Board Appointees for Speech, Including Religiously Motivated Speech appeared first on Reason.com.

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Free Speech Claim by Government Employee Fired for Posts Complaining About 2020 St. Louis Riots Can Go Forward

From Winterbauer v. City of St. Louis, decided yesterday by Judge Maria Lanahan (E.D. Mo.): Christina Winterbauer was a civilian… The post Free Speech Claim by Government Employee Fired for Posts Complaining About 2020 St. Louis Riots Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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Court Blocks Community College "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility" Requirements for Teaching

From yesterday's decision by Judge Kirk Sherriff (E.D. Cal.) in Johnson v. Fliger (for more on an earlier phase of… The post Court Blocks Community College "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility" Requirements for Teaching appeared first on Reason.com.

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Teacher's First Amendment Claim Related to Sharing "What Is Privilege?" Post Can Go Forward

"Superintendent Hamlet testified that Defendants viewed the Privilege Post as a criticism of the Black Lives Matter ... movement. He did not think such criticism was valid and believed criticism of BLM was enough in itself to justify punishing a teacher."

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First Circuit Will Consider, En Banc, Important Questions About Government Employee Speech

From today's order granting rehearing en banc in Hussey v. City of Cambridge: The majority panel opinion relied on First Circuit precedent… The post First Circuit Will Consider, En Banc, Important Questions About Government Employee Speech appeared first on Reason.com.

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UW Professor's Parody of Land Acknowledgment in Class Syllabus Protected by First Amendment

"[I]n the public university setting, student disagreement with a professor's academic speech on an issue of public concern cannot alter the Pickering analysis in the government's favor."

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Firing Teacher for Mentioning Racial Epithets in "Cultural Diversity" Class May Violate Connecticut Constitution

From a decision earlier this month in Byrd v. Middletown Bd. of Ed., by Connecticut trial court Judge Sheila Ozalis;… The post Firing Teacher for Mentioning Racial Epithets in "Cultural Diversity" Class May Violate Connecticut Constitution appeared first on Reason.com.

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Again with the Heckler's Veto in a Government Employee Speech Case

Brown, who worked at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reposted this item from an Instagram account that "posts… The post Again with the Heckler's Veto in a Government Employee Speech Case appeared first on Reason.com.

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Public School Teacher Lacks First Amendment Right to Put Foot-High Crucifix on Classroom Wall

A short excerpt from today's >17K-word decision by Judge Sarah Russell (D. Conn.) in Arroyo-Castro v. Gasper: The dispute centers… The post Public School Teacher Lacks First Amendment Right to Put Foot-High Crucifix on Classroom Wall appeared first on Reason.com.

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Univ. of South Dakota Withdraws Planned Firing of Art Professor for Vulgar Tweet Calling Charlie Kirk a "Hate Spreading Nazi"

From today's notice of dismissal, filed by the plaintiff's lawyerin Hook v. Rave: On October 3, defendants wisely abandoned their… The post Univ. of South Dakota Withdraws Planned Firing of Art Professor for Vulgar Tweet Calling Charlie Kirk a "Hate Spreading Nazi" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Court Blocks Impending Firing of South Dakota Art Professor for Vulgar Tweet Calling Charlie Kirk a "Hate Spreading Nazi"

From today's decision by Judge Karen Schreier (D.S.D.) in Hook v. Rave: Hook is a tenured Professor of Art at… The post Court Blocks Impending Firing of South Dakota Art Professor for Vulgar Tweet Calling Charlie Kirk a "Hate Spreading Nazi" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Firing Public Employees Who Publicly Praise Violent Criminal Attacks

Some have been calling for the firing of people who publicly praised the murder of Charlie Kirk, or at least… The post Firing Public Employees Who Publicly Praise Violent Criminal Attacks appeared first on Reason.com.

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Vuelta a España stage 16: Egan Bernal wins abbreviated race with unusual finish as last climb eliminated due to protesters

Mikel Landa settles for second in two-up breakaway sprint with 8km to go

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Third Circuit Holds Fired "Alt Right" Prof. Jason Jorjani's Speech Was Constitutionally Protected,

though it remands for a decision on whether he would have been fired in any event based on other misconduct.

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First Amendment Claim Over Firing of Firefighter for Supposedly Racially Offensive Anti-Abortion Post Can Go Forward

From today's decision in Melton v. City of Forrest City, written by Judge David Stras, joined by Judges Lavenski Smith… The post First Amendment Claim Over Firing of Firefighter for Supposedly Racially Offensive Anti-Abortion Post Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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Court Considers Claim of Montgomery County (Md.) Teachers Transferred for Pro-Palestinian Speech Following Oct. 7, 2023

The speech included in-class display of "Free Palestine," e-mail signature saying "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free," and pro-Palestinian social media posts.

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9th Circuit Revives Challenge to Community College "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility" Requirements for Teaching and Other Professional Work

Here's a short excerpt from the Nov. 2023 Report and Recommendations by Magistrate Judge Christopher D. Baker (E.D. Cal.) in… The post 9th Circuit Revives Challenge to Community College "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility" Requirements for Teaching and Other Professional Work appeared first on Reason.com.

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FTSE 100 closes winning week on the back foot

Figures showed the UK economy shrank again in May, confounding expectations for a modest rise.

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Government Employees May Generally Be Disciplined for Sufficiently Controversial Public Political Speech

From the Eleventh Circuit, a reminder that First Amendment protections against government employer action are much weaker than the protections against the government as sovereign (especially, but not only, when the speech is also "disrespectful, demeaning, rude, and insulting").

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School Contractor Allegedly Fired for Complaining About Drag Show for Students in Grades 7-12

A federal court has allowed the contractor's claim to go forward, denying defendants' motion to dismiss (though of course the facts remain to be ascertained at trial or summary judgment).

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Chicago Public Defender's Claim Over Displaying Photo with Israeli Flag and Gun Can Go Forward

Office leadership allegedly "told Gassman's supervisors that the photo was 'comparable to a Nazi swastika.'"

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Nevada Math Prof Alleges Discipline for "Voic[ing] Concerns About … the Math Department … Lower[ing] Its Curriculum Standards"

The Ninth Circuit allows his First Amendment claim against his community college to go forward.

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