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Too many judges and politicians see the world through Luddite-colored glasses.
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If you are paid to like something, then it is speech, because money is speech. /sarcasm
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I really wonder why courts (and regular people) have so much trouble understanding that just because communication is done online, it's still communication. Add online or cyber to something or do...
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we create them this way. What's the ages of our supreme court justices or district courts, etc? Society has created some kind of "old = wiser" concept which is from the 1900s or earlier which doesn't...
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The Sheriff is an elected position. Protected speech or not. The Sheriff goes out and see an "elect this other guy, not my boss" button, bumper sticker, or Facebook like. What do you think he would...
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This all may be true and fine, but why did the judge have to make the statement that its not protected speech? All of the other example you gave are protected speech. The question before the court was,...
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I fail to see how something can be " inconsequential" when the consequence of it is you loose your job...
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This will get over turned on appeal, if they appeal. Political speech is the most protected speech under the first amendment.
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Good question. Did the Sheriff know about the Facebook likes. Or did the Sheriff lay off the least productive employees with negative attitudes? It is always possible that they kind of attitude that...
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The court's analysis seems pretty thin, and I'm surprised the judge didn't see the message being expressed by the conduct: If someone "likes" a post, they're indicating that they like the message in...
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Malcontents who lost their jobs during budget cuts nothing to see here. Sheriff Roberts is entitled to qualified immunity and has the right to structure his department as he sees fit. This is the same...
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Did you actually read...anything? "Perhaps, as Venkat indicates, we might otherwise excuse Roberts' firings through qualified immunity, or in fact maybe the budget cutting wasn't pretextual, but the...
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Qualified immunity is correct, unless of course he (or someone working for him) said why they were fired. The moment you admit that they were fired for expressing a political opinion, the sheriff has...
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So, let me get this straight, according to this court: Indicating your support of a candidate by clicking "like" on the candidate's Facebook page: not protected speech--you can be legally fired from a...
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Well, I don't think the record from the embedded ruling is complete enough to know all the facts for sure, and I haven't read anything else about the case, but, quoting from the ruling: "It is clear,...
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That marine didn't lose his job for saying he would vote for the other guy. He lost his job because he said he would refuse an order. There's a difference.
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