NEELY, Justice, dissenting: I cannot agree that a generally unsatisfactory public employee immunizes herself from dismissal by opening her mouth and uttering sound. I would agree that the First Amendment is a vital democratic protection; but allowing that constitutional protection to be used as a shield from firing by an employee who is disgruntled, disagreeable and inefficient, but not mute, trivializes the co…
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