Government Employees' Freedom of Expression Is Limited: The Expression Must Touch on Matters of "Public Concern" or Be Intended to Educate or Inform the Public about the Employer to Warrant First Amendment Protection: City of San Diego v. Roe

Authors

Natalie Rieland

Abstract

When a government employee's speech is unrelated to his employment and does not touch on a matter of public concern, the expression is not analyzed under the Pickering balancing test.

City of San Diego v. Roe, 125 S. Ct. 521 (2004).

First Page

185

Recommended Citation

Natalie Rieland, Government Employees' Freedom of Expression Is Limited: The Expression Must Touch on Matters of "Public Concern" or Be Intended to Educate or Inform the Public about the Employer to Warrant First Amendment Protection: City of San Diego v. Roe, 44 Duq. L. Rev. 185 (2005).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol44/iss1/13