Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
9th Cir: Public Employee Speech Rights
Manual instruction to “enforce all laws” doesn’t satisfy Garcetti
In Garcetti v. Ceballos, 126 S.Ct. 1951 (2006), the Supreme Court held, generally, that the 1st Amendment doesn’t protect public employee speech required by the employee’s job responsibilities. That holding triggered fears that public employers could immunize themselves from retaliation claims by drafting needlessly broad job descriptions. The […]