Does a government entity have greater discretion to restrict speech than an employer when it acts as an employer?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Graff v. City of Tehachapi, 1:14-CV-00095-LJO-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2014):

Eng v. Cooley, 552 F.3d 1062, 1070 (9th Cir. 2009). "A government entity has broader discretion to restrict speech when it acts in its role as employer, but the restrictions it imposes must be directed at speech that has some potential to affect the entity's operations." Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 418, (2006).

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