Public Employee Speech
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Essays and Scholarship
Gags and Grievance: The Labor Origins of Whistleblowing
The forgotten history of the Lloyd-La Follette Act and of whistleblowing in the federal workforce
By Sarah Milov -
Essays and Scholarship
Regulating LGBTQ Speech in the Classroom
A case for an audience-centered approach to public employee speech
By Caroline Mala Corbin -
Essays and Scholarship
The Government Speech Doctrine Goes to School
A strategy for challenging educational suppression laws in public institutions
By Heidi Kitrosser -
Essays and Scholarship
Forced Unanimity and the First Amendment
Why one-voice board policies should not be tolerated under the First Amendment
By Frank LoMonte -
Essays and Scholarship
Speaking Collectively: The First Amendment, the Public Sector, and the Right to Bargain and Strike
How the First Amendment protects collective action in the public sector
By Kate Andrias -
Event
Permission to Speak Freely? Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy
A symposium examining the speech rights of public employees—and the threats they face
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Institute Update
Knight Institute Symposium on Government Employee Speech to Feature Leading Scholars in Law, History, and Political Science
Public event to be held on April 5, 2024, at Columbia University and online
By Katy Glenn Bass -
Event
State of Silence: The Espionage Act, Politics, and Press Freedom
A panel discussion and Q&A on the Espionage Act
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Institute Update
An Introduction to My Project: Permission to Speak Freely?
An interdisciplinary initiative exploring the speech rights of public employees
By Sam Lebovic -
Institute Update
Call for Proposals: Permission to Speak Freely? Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy
Symposium to be held at Columbia University on April 5, 2024
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