Tuesday, July 16, 2024
On-point precedent (Updated)
The latest target of Libs of Tik Tok has on-point precedent on her side. Maybe there is a difference between a special-ed teacher and a clerical police employee, although I doubt it. The school would have to show some risk that she has brought or will bring her heinous political views into the classroom. Unless cop-porn has changed the legal landscape.
Update: Seems to be spreading and escalating. A teacher in Oklahoma City posted “[w]ish they had a better scope” and the state superintendent announced that he was coming for her license, insisting that “[n]o one in Oklahoma education system will support the assassination of @realDonaldTrump. It will not be tolerated. Ever!” Interesting response–query whether it extends to those supporting the assassination of anyone else (suppose Crooks decided to shoot at Biden–new reports suggest he picked his target at random). Or to those who, for example, insist that Derek Chauvin was justified in killing George Floyd. Otherwise, this guy gave himself a viewpoint-discrimination problem, atop everything else.
Posted by Howard Wasserman on July 16, 2024 at 04:55 PM in First Amendment, Howard Wasserman | Permalink
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