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Political Ideology As A Limited Protected Class Under Federal Title Vii Antidiscrimination Law, Anne Carey
Political Ideology As A Limited Protected Class Under Federal Title Vii Antidiscrimination Law, Anne Carey
Journal of Law and Policy
As the political climate in the United States becomes increasingly divided, more and more employees are fired for their off-duty political speech. Political speech is highly protected from government interference under the First Amendment, but it is not well protected from discrimination in employment matters. This is despite the fact that employers can be just as powerful and influential as the government. Although employee political speech is not currently protected at the federal level, there are a myriad of state statutes that protect employee speech from employer retaliation. Some of these state statutes protect speech on a broader level, others …