Bonnie Robin-Vergeer
Role at the time: Attorney for Richard Ceballos at Public Citizen Litigation Group
Condemned
Statement summary
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”
Open source (opens in a new tab)U.S. High Court Limits Free Speech Rights of Public Employeesstrikes a blow against public employees
The Metropolitan News-Enterprise interviewed Robin-Vergeer after the ruling.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to Garcetti's exclusion of official-duty speech, Ceballos's lawyer directly criticizes its effect on reporting misconduct.