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Earlier this week a lawyer, in Florida, was fired for speaking at Tea Parties. Well she was an employee of the state court but the story is very interesting. I think that this one may well find its way to the Supreme Court of first the state of Florida and then the SCOTUS. What do you think?
Earlier this week a lawyer, in Florida, was fired for speaking at Tea Parties. Well she was an employee of the state court but the story is very interesting. I think that this one may well find its way to the Supreme Court of first the state of Florida and then the SCOTUS. What do you think?
First, would you say anything about her firing, if she had been speaking at a KKK rally? Same example, just a different angle correct?
Secondly, there should also be the right of an employer to fire or hire someone, for any reason that employer deems needed.
I understand this was a government employee, where the matter gets a bit complicated.
Lots of angles here, not just a first amendment one.
But is the Amendment involved in this if her story is correct about how she was told she could choose from the Constitution or to keep speaking? I see the Amendment involved because if he said that that way it was.
Interesting, I suppose, as it usually does, on the nature of her speeches, the terms and conditions of her employment and the any relevant statutes.
I think I saw the topics of her speeches in the article. I guess I will have to go back and read it again. I thought that the 1st Amendment was one of the topics.
The first amendment addresses what the US Congress may not do not what a state government may or may not do. What does the Florida constitution say?
Can you give me an example of a state that tries to tell a person what they can talk about in public? I know none that try to overcome the freedom of speech, but that doesn't say that it hasn't happened.
Can you give me an example of a state that tries to tell a person what they can talk about in public? I know none that try to overcome the freedom of speech, but that doesn't say that it hasn't happened.
Virtually every state the Federal government restrict political activities on the part of civil servants, commonly referred to as the Hatch Act. Whether that applies in this case remains an open question.
Can you give me an example of a state that tries to tell a person what they can talk about in public? I know none that try to overcome the freedom of speech, but that doesn't say that it hasn't happened.
No, I cannot. The point still stands, my state has freedom of speech in its constitution but I neither know nor care what Florida's constitution says. That is the concern of the people of Florida.
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