Comments on: Sotomayor’s Record on Freedom of Speech Issues is Mixed

By: Cases On The Internet Freedom Of Speech | Submit Your Thoughts

Cases On The Internet Freedom Of Speech | Submit Your Thoughts — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:13:43 +0000

[...] Freedom of Speech Issues “At some point, such concerns are so removed from the effective functioning of the public employer that they cannot prevail over the free speech rights of the public employee.” Rankin, 483 US at 391.” Still Good Law? [...]

By: Kristin Billera

Kristin Billera — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:57:55 +0000

Thank you for that clarification! I appreciate the fact that you took the time to comment. I also didn’t catch the discrepancy between the Connecticut Supreme Court (I believe that’s where the case came up from.) and the 2nd Circuit. That’s interesting!

By: newsrackblog.com » Blog Archive » Sotomayor’s douchebag verdict

newsrackblog.com » Blog Archive » Sotomayor’s douchebag verdict — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:12:37 +0000

[...] ’s egregious abrogation of free speech rights is apparently now settled law, according to Kristin Ballera, writing at the Media and Communications Law Society: “..Shepard’s indicates that this case [...]

By: Craigish

Craigish — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:16:03 +0000

A clarification of the facts in Doninger – the mass email was not what Avery was punished for. She with three other students sent the email and it generated emails and phone calls but none of the students were punished. Avery was punished solely for the blog that she wrote while off campus and there was no finding that any of the calls/emails were generated by the blog. Interestingly, the lower court found that there was no evidence that any calls were due to the blog, but the Second Circuit found that there were calls!