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ERIC Number: EJ334216
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Free Speech for Public Employees: The Supreme Court Strikes a New Balance.
Bernheim, Emily
School Law Bulletin, v17 n1 p8-17 Win 1986
In "Connick vs. Myers" the Supreme Court applied a threshold requirement to an employee's First Amendment protection of free speech: speech must be related to public concerns as determined by the content, form, and context of a given statement. Discusses applications of this decision to lower court cases. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Freedom of Speech, Government Employees, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education, Public Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: First Amendment
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