“Sure, I posted racist memes and comments on my public Facebook page while identifying myself as a Chicago firefighter. But firing me violated my 1st Amendment rights.”
That’s the essence of last week’s 7th Circuit opinion in Inendino v. Nance-Holt
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“Sure, I posted racist memes and comments on my public Facebook page while identifying myself as a Chicago firefighter. But firing me violated my 1st Amendment rights.”
That’s the essence of last week’s 7th Circuit opinion in Inendino v. Nance-Holt…
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