Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Violated First Amendment with Partisan Out-of-Office Emails
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Summary
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of Education Department employees by replacing their personalized out-of-office email notifications with partisan language blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. The judge stated that government employees don't surrender their constitutional rights when entering public service and shouldn't be forced to serve as political billboards for any administration.
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they certainly do not sign up to be a billboard for any given administration's
the Trump administration 'overplayed its hand' by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies
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