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Shibboleths And Ceballos: Eroding Constitutional Rights Through Pseudocommunication, Susan Stuart
Shibboleths And Ceballos: Eroding Constitutional Rights Through Pseudocommunication, Susan Stuart
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Recently, the Supreme Court rendered an inexplicable First Amendment decision that has far-reaching effects on the way government is held accountable to the public. In Garcetti v. Ceballos, the Court determined that a government employer can retaliate against an employee for doing his job correctly, notwithstanding the Constitution, so long as the employer targets speech that was part of the employee’s official duties. Inasmuch as government employees are often responsible for reporting government misconduct and other matters of public concern, this opinion essentially leaves the public unprotected from the unbridled discretion of government supervisors. The possible motivations for this …