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Whistleblowers Cases

The Supreme Court upholds whistleblower protections for Federal and private employees and strictly following whistleblower laws. 

  • Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers (2018)

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers (2018) shows the Court will interpret
whistleblower statutes strictly in accord with definitions that
whistleblower laws provide.

  • Lane v. Franks (2014)

In Lane v. Franks (2014), the Supreme Court said that the First Amendment
protected a public employee who was terminated after providing truthful
court testimony.

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The Free Speech Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy center dedicated to building understanding of the five freedoms of the First Amendment through education, information and engagement.

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FEATURE POSTS

Tenn. official’s order undermines our public libraries

The original AI: Newspapers run on accurate information

Censorship by press pass: Hegseth’s attack on the First Amendment

Free speech for middle schoolers: The making of a curriculum

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