public employee speech balancing test
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From 391 U.S. 563 - Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · 1968Most cited · 12,469 citing opinions
The problem in any case is to arrive at a balance between the interests of the teacher, as a citizen, in commenting upon matters of public concern and the interest of the State, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees