(06-24-2020 08:37 AM)WolfBird Wrote:  

(06-24-2020 08:34 AM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(06-24-2020 12:04 AM)WolfBird Wrote:  

(06-23-2020 11:59 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(06-23-2020 10:21 PM)Birdseye Wrote:  Where’s his first amendment rights?

If he's deemed to have used "non-protected" speech, then what he said is not covered by 1st Amendment rights.

Speed at work is not protected.


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Koenning is an employee of a govt institution though, so speech getting squelched is definitely a consideration that has to be handled properly. Govt entities still have 1st Amendment concerns that have to be considered in regards to employees. However, non-protected speech does not fall in this category.

Private employers do not have to deal with this.

But please, continue to give us a civics lesson.

He’s also paid through a private athletic club. In your example a school janitor could called a coworker the N word and claim he’s a government employee and that is protected.

It’s nonsense. You can’t hide behind words regardless of your job.


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But if his contract is through the university, then he's a state employee.

And in your case no, the janitor would not be protected because you used an example of non-protected speech.