June 9, 2006

In Brief

COURT DECISION: The Constitution does not safeguard speech made by public employees in the course of their ordinary job duties, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week, but the justices left unanswered the question of whether the ruling would apply to public colleges. In the 5-to-4 decision, the court drew a distinction between "official capacity" speech and speech made by employees acting as "private citizens," ruling that official speech is not protected even when it touches on matters

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