Ethredge v. Hail

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we affirm the district court’s ruling that an administrative order that bars from Robins Air Force Base “bumper stickers or other similar paraphernalia” that “embarrass or disparage” the President of the United States does not violate the First Amendment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Appellant, Jesse Ethredge, has worked for the United States Air Force as a civilian aircraft mechanic for over twenty-five years. Ethredge drives to work on Robins Air Force Base (“RAFB” or “the base”) four to six times a week, and, until October 1991, used his truck for…