Man I hate to look like I’m siding with Patel here…but “Congress shall make no law”. Not a second amendment issue, because Patel isn’t making a law or sitting in Congress.
But, federal jobs usually aren’t at-will and usually protected against wrongful termination by civil service laws.
But, while he could fight it, the courts aren’t exactly in his favor right now.
That clause doesn’t limit the scope to only members of Congress or laws they write. Supreme Court interpretation, 14th amendment, etc. have expanded that to government writ large.
Free speech protections generally extend to government employees, except in the scope of speech related to their official duties, to my understanding. It would be difficult to seriously argue a pride flag in someone’s office in the past meets that criteria of official duties. My faith in the courts to consistently hold that precedent is not high these days, however.
Freedom of speech‽ The goddamn FBI isn’t a private entity
There are no rights beyond what the administration allows. If they choose to remove your fredom of speech, who’s going to stop them? SCOTUS?
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Man I hate to look like I’m siding with Patel here…but “Congress shall make no law”. Not a second amendment issue, because Patel isn’t making a law or sitting in Congress.
But, federal jobs usually aren’t at-will and usually protected against wrongful termination by civil service laws.
But, while he could fight it, the courts aren’t exactly in his favor right now.
If you’re going to talk out of your ass you should at least get the amendments right.
That clause doesn’t limit the scope to only members of Congress or laws they write. Supreme Court interpretation, 14th amendment, etc. have expanded that to government writ large.
Free speech protections generally extend to government employees, except in the scope of speech related to their official duties, to my understanding. It would be difficult to seriously argue a pride flag in someone’s office in the past meets that criteria of official duties. My faith in the courts to consistently hold that precedent is not high these days, however.
At-will employment doesn’t allow you to violate someone’s constitutional rights.