When will the First Amendment protect speech by a government employee?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jeffries v. Harleston, 52 F.3d 9 (2nd Cir. 1995):
The Waters plurality reiterated the test of Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138, 103 S.Ct. 1684, 75 L.Ed.2d 708 (1983), to determine when the First Amendment protects speech by a government employee:
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