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Title: High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights
Post by: TehBorken on May 31 06 06:32
In yet another blow against free speech rights, the Supreme court decided that government employees who report wrongdoing [a href="vny!://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/05/30/national/w132119D75.DTL&type=politics"]do not enjoy 1st Amendment rights[/a] while on the job.

From the article:

'The Supreme Court scaled back protections for government workers who blow the whistle on official misconduct Tuesday, a 5-4 decision in which new Justice Samuel Alito cast the deciding vote . . .The ruling was perhaps the clearest sign yet of the Supreme Court's shift with the departure of moderate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the arrival of Alito.  Stephen Kohn, chairman of the National Whistleblower Center, said: "The ruling is a victory for every crooked politician in the United States."  
Title: Re: High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights
Post by: himitsu on May 31 06 06:43
[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000" color=#ffffff].......I don't completely understand what you are saying (sorry)  But i agrre that the government is unfair ALOT.  In my opinion most don't give a shit about the "people" but are all out for everything that they can get.[/FONT]