In the current SCOTUS Case, Obama is not out to get whistleblowers (Firedog is wrong)

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39. The position is stated in the Amicus Curiae:

http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/13-483acUnitedStates.pdf

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C. The Court Of Appeals Erred In Finding Petitioner’s Speech Unprotected

Because testimony is not categorically excluded from First Amendment protection when it concerns information learned from public employment, and because testimony such as that at issue here is speech “as a citizen” regardless of the employee’s motive for testifying, the court of appeals erred in concluding that petitioner’s testimony was categorically unprotected employee speech.

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The petitioner in this case is Lane.

The Amicus Curiae filed by the Obama Admin states its position as:

A.
Speech by a government employee is protected if it is made as a citizen on a matter of public concern and the government’s
interest as an employer does not outweigh the interests advanced by the speech.

B.
Speech that discloses information learned from public employment may be speech “as a citizen” under the First Amendment

C.
The court of appeals erred in finding petitioner’s speech unprotected

So yeah, that hack at FDL is wrong.