High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights

iminplaya writes "In yet another blow against free speech rights, the Supreme Court decided that government employees who report wrongdoing do not enjoy 1st Amendment rights while on the job. From the article 'The Supreme Court scaled back protections for government workers who blow the whistle on official misconduct Tuesday, a 5-4 decision in which new Justice Samuel Alito cast the deciding vote [...] The ruling was perhaps the clearest sign yet of the Supreme Court's shift with the departure of moderate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the arrival of Alito. [...] Stephen Kohn, chairman of the National Whistleblower Center, said: "The ruling is a victory for every crooked politician in the United States."'"

Comments

Re:you see?

[aldousd666]

Can you prove to me that you're not a script? Stupid

Re:you see?

[SloJohn]

Stupid is as stupid does, accidentally hit the post anonymously box ass

Re:Freedom of Speech - George Tenent example

[layer3switch]

So lets say, claiming there was 'WMD's in Iraq' was covered under "Freedom of Speech", hence all of those who cry foul are saying George Tenent and the Administration shouldn't be held accountable.

Can anybody translate this out of moronese for me?
There you go, moron.

Re:The decline of the United States

[Just Another Poster]

But i don't want to be in your shoes matey. Your democracy is in danger. From the rest of the world : "Please, act now, it's not too late to make critical changes in your great nation"

My recommendation is to stop reading newspapers and watching television "news" programs written by deranged socialist/communist maniacs.

Re:Unfortunate

[miskatonic alumnus]

The problem with his conclusion is that the scientists aren't in charge, and most people are scientifically illiterate. You win the American public through demagoguery, not through logic and reason.

An American response to neoconservativism.

[jafac]

The next time someone says to you;
"The constitution isn't a suicide pact."

The appropriate response is:
"Give me Liberty or give me death!"

The next time someone says to you;
"that's pre-9/11 thinking."

The appropriate response is:
"that's pre-1776 thinking."

Re:Unfortunate

[sgt_doom]

That's a really heavy-duty, rhetorical question to answer (you've done such a fine job of answering, I won't even attempt to --- just like to add one remark to the equation).

There are four categories of people today in America:

1. Those who understand we have been taken over by a group whose main goal is a plutocratic, fascistic state,

2. Those who are clueless,

3. Those who don't give a rat's a**, and,

4. The last group is self-evident, and you know who you are.....