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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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Court Voids Discipline of Public School Teacher for Two 2020 Anti-Bernie-Sanders Posts

From today's decision in Caggiano v. Duval County School Bd., decided by Florida Court of Appeal Judge Scott Makar, joined… The post Court Voids Discipline of Public School Teacher for Two 2020 Anti-Bernie-Sanders Posts appeared first on Reason.com.

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Court Reaffirms First Amendment Right to Quote Epithets in University Class Discussions

From Friday's decision by Judge Michael Watson (S.D. Ohio) in Sullivan v. Ohio State Univ.: American public universities have traditionally… The post Court Reaffirms First Amendment Right to Quote Epithets in University Class Discussions appeared first on Reason.com.

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Boston Police Officer's Tweets from "Stop the Steal" Rally Protected by First Amendment Against Government Employer Retaliation

An excerpt from the >16,000-word opinion written by Commissioner Paul Stein in Abasciano v. Boston Police Dep't, decided last month… The post Boston Police Officer's Tweets from "Stop the Steal" Rally Protected by First Amendment Against Government Employer Retaliation appeared first on Reason.com.

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Missouri Legislative Employee Was Unconstitutionally Fired for Pro-Mask-Policy Letter

From Mayfield v. Missouri House of Representatives, decided Friday by Eighth Circuit Judge Jane Kelly, joined by Judges Lavenski Smith… The post Missouri Legislative Employee Was Unconstitutionally Fired for Pro-Mask-Policy Letter appeared first on Reason.com.

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Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity for State University Officials Who Allegedly Violated Professor's First Amendment Rights

Officials allegedly retaliated against a professor who expressed politically controversial statements about the best treatments for gender dysphoria among youth.

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Psych Professor's Lawsuit Over Alleged Contract Nonrenewal Based on Speech About Gender Dysphoria Can Go Forward

Prof. Allan Josephson (formerly of the University of Louisville medical school) claims his contract wasn't renewed because "he expressed his thoughts on treating childhood gender dysphoria during a panel discussion sponsored by a conservative think tank [the Heritage Foundation]."

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Fire Department Chaplain Fired for Blog Post About Transgender Controversies Can Go Forward With Lawsuit

The chaplain's post "discuss[ed] 'how God designed each person as male or female, and that sex is immutable'" and "stated it is unfair to allow males to compete in women's sports."

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UW-La Crosse Chancellor Fired for Posting Porn Videos of Himself with His Wife

The N.Y. Times (Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs & Dan Simmons) reports: The chancellor of a state university in Wisconsin was fired this week after posting pornographic videos with his wife online. The University of Wisconsin System's Board of Regents unanimously decided to dismiss the chancellor, Joe Gow, who had led the University…

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Community College "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility" Requirements for Teaching and Other Professional Work Violate First Amendment,

concludes a magistrate judge in recommendations to a federal district court.

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Court Strikes Down Ban on Town Employees Displaying "Thin Blue Line" Flag While on Town Property

A Springfield Township (Pennsylvania) resolution provides: [T]he Board of Commissioners of Springfield Township does, as a matter of respect and sensitivity to all the citizens of the Township, hereby prohibit the publicly visible display or use of any image which depicts the Thin Blue Line American Flag symbol by any…

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First Amendment Claim of Professor Fired Over Article Claiming Race-Based Genetic IQ Differences …

can go forward, rules a federal judge, denying Cleveland State University's motion to dismiss.

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A Loss for Academic Freedom in the Fourth Circuit

Is "intramural" professorial speech protected by the First Amendment?

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Connecticut Employee Speech Protection Law Might Protect Warren-Not-Indian / Jenner-Not-Woman Meme

From Mumma v. Pathway Vet Alliance, LLC, decided Wednesday by Magistrate Judge Thomas Farrish (D. Conn.); for more on the employee free speech protection statutes such as the one in this case, see this article and this one: On the evening of June 9, 2020, Ms. Mumma posted a meme…

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Doing Pickering Balancing Right

It is not a workplace "disruption" that co-workers objected to a MAGA hat

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Teacher Can Proceed With First Amendment Lawsuit Over Threatened Punishment for Wearing MAGA Hat to Training

A defendant had argued that she could allow Black Lives Matters posters but forbid MAGA hats on the theory that, "While the Black Lives Matter poster is a symbol of cultural acceptance and inclusivity ... Mr. Dodge's MAGA hat is a symbol commonly associated with white supremacy and other anti-immigrant…

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Can Professors be Sanctioned for Political Flyers?

District court's opinion in Gruber v. Bruce shows problem with how Pickering balancing is done

Manchester Evening News

My Fair Lady musical coming back to Manchester - with EastEnders icon in leading role

The lavish production will see EastEnders legend Adam Woodyatt in a leading role for the show's big Manchester return

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Football Coach's Display of "All Lives Matter" Poster May Have Been Protected by First Amendment

From Beathard v. Lyons, decided Thursday by Judge James Shadid (C.D. Ill.): The following facts are taken from Plaintiff's Complaint, which the Court accepts as true for the purposes of a motion to dismiss. Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that he was terminated from his position because of his viewpoint…

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Crafting Exceptions to Laws That Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions

As I mentioned last week, ten years ago I wrote a descriptive and analytical law review article called Private Employees' Speech and Political Activity: Statutory Protection Against Employer Retaliation, which aimed to catalog these often-little-known statutes. This year, I'm returning to the subject, trying to analyze the strongest arguments for…

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Penguins draft 18-year-old defenseman Owen Pickering with 21st overall pick

MONTREAL — On the day the Penguins signed veteran defenseman Kris Letang to a six-year contract extension, they also addressed the blue line of the future in the draft.

The Guardian - UK

My Fair Lady has its problems but I still idolise Eliza Doolittle

Audrey Hepburn’s performance as the noisy, funny Eliza made this musical a childhood favourite and I’m all for the new revival

Reason

No Qualified Immunity as to Firing of Assistant Principal for Rant About Democratic National Convention

From Thompson v. Central Valley School Dist. No. 365, decided a month ago by Chief Judge Stanley Bastian (E.D. Wash.) (now on appeal to the Ninth Circuit): "[W]e … live in a time when a careless comment can ruin reputations and crater careers that have been built over a lifetime…

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