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Whistleblowers
May 31, 2006 ( politics )
Via the BBC
The US Supreme court has limited the rights of government whistle-blowers by ruling that they will not be protected under the First Amendment.The ruling, which was passed by a 5-4 vote, means employees are not protected by free speech laws when speaking out during the course of their duties.
The decision will affect all of the nation's 20 million public employees.
But it was criticised by civil rights groups, who said it would discourage employees from exposing misconduct.
In practice, it will strengthen the government's ability to discipline public employees who make allegations of official misconduct.
Right, because our government has been acting so transparently, without graft, corruption, bribery, kickbacks, or collusion of late. *sigh*
Posted by griffjon at May 31, 2006 02:46 PM
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