Robin-Vergeer says the Garcetti decision strikes a blow against employees who report misconduct
Bonnie Robin-VergeerAttorney for Richard Ceballos at Public Citizen Litigation Group
Robin-Vergeer says the Garcetti decision strikes a blow against employees who report misconduct.
“strikes a blow against public employees who want to report government misconduct”
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Garcetti: Kennedy and Souter split over public employees' duty-related speech
The Supreme Court ruled five to four in May 2006 that the First Amendment did not protect Richard Ceballos's duty-related statements from employer discipline. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. In dissent, Justice David Souter argued for balancing the public value of warnings about wrongdoing or public safety against government management interests.
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The Metropolitan News-Enterprise interviewed Robin-Vergeer after the ruling.
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Robin-Vergeer says she is very disappointed by the decision.
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The report next quotes Ceballos's local attorney, Humberto Guizar.
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Relative to Garcetti's exclusion of official-duty speech, Ceballos's lawyer directly criticizes its effect on reporting misconduct.
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