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Judge Rules Education Department's Partisan Emails Violated First Amendment

Originally Published 2 months ago — by NPR

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of Education Department employees by replacing their personalized out-of-office emails with partisan messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown, ordering the department to restore or remove the messages.

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Federal Workers Challenge Partisan Shutdown Messaging and Email Practices

Originally Published 3 months ago — by NPR

A federal workers union is suing the Trump administration over the insertion of partisan language blaming Democrats for the government shutdown in out-of-office email messages, arguing it violates employees' First Amendment rights and possibly the Hatch Act, amid concerns of politicization of government communications.

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Federal Agencies Face Legal and Political Challenges Over Shutdown Communications

Originally Published 3 months ago — by Bloomberg.com

The American Federation of Government Employees sued the US Department of Education, alleging it unlawfully inserted partisan blame on Democrats into automated out-of-office emails of furloughed workers during the government shutdown, violating employees' First Amendment rights.

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