Legal Opinion
Rangra v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 27, 2009No. 06-51587PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
The pivotal question presented by this appeal is whether speech of elected state and local government officials made pursuant to their official duties, like speech of non-elected public employees, is less protected by the First Amendment than other speech. The district court held that the First Amendment affords absolutely no protection to speech by elected officials made pursuant to their official duties. We disagree. The First Amendment’s protection of elected officials’ speech is full, robust, and analogous to that afforded citizens in general. Furthermore, when a…
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