Case: Individual Employment Rights/First Amendment (7th Cir.)

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the United States Coast Guard on a First Amendment retaliation claim by a White vice flotilla commander who was removed from the Coast Guard Auxiliary after posting inappropriate statements on LinkedIn while in uniform, ruling that the Coast Guard’s interest in maintaining discipline and public confidence outweighed his free speech interest under the Connick/Pickering balancing test.

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