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Garcetti v. Ceballos  

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  • The Supreme Court in Garcetti v. Ceballos , 547 U.S. 410 (2006), ruled that public employees do not have a First Amendment protection for speech issued as part of their official duties. California prosecutor Richard Ceballos alleged that his employer had retaliated against him after he criticized the handling of a search warrant affidavit that he believed contained untruthful statements by a sheriff’s deputy. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Garcetti v. Ceballos (2006)]

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  • 2006

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Garcetti_v._Ceballos

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