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Judge says Education Dept partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment

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135 points toomanyrichies | 2 comments | 09 Nov 25 01:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.056s | source
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megamike ◴[09 Nov 25 01:56 UTC] No.45862207[source]▶
“the First Amendment is a cheap thing if all it provides is the assurance that one may say what a current majority is willing to hear.” Charles Rembar
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1. theendisney ◴[09 Nov 25 02:11 UTC] No.45862288[source]▶
I wouldnt have imagined at the time that the worse part of electronic messages is that they could one day legaly be written in your name. I thought things coudnt be worse than not being allowed to speak (which was already normal at the time)
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2. jfengel ◴[09 Nov 25 02:16 UTC] No.45862308[source]▶
They also had their own messages removed.

It's not clear to me that they're guaranteed a platform on their work email, but having been allowed to set a message and then having it removed and then replaced with a different one is not a good look for free speech.