Abstract
A public employee's right to free speech under the First Amendment is not unlimited and employers have the right to discipline employees for expressive activity under certain circumstances (Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563, 1968). The employer has an interest in ensuring that its etnployees do not under1nine its operations or ll1terfere with acco1nplishment of its objectives. At the same time, employees do not give up their constitutional rights when they accept government employment.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Recommended Citation
Ann C. Hodges, Disciplining Public Employees for Expressive Activity, in Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Paul Finkelman, ed., Routledge 2006).