U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Case on Whether Government Employees Can be Demoted Because of their Election Activity

By Richard Winger On October 1, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Heffernan v City of Paterson, New Jersey, 14-1280. The individual who brought the case had been a police detective who was demoted because he was seen with a campaign sign in his car. The lower court, the Third Circuit, upheld his firing. See this story. …read more

Source:: http://ballot-access.org/2015/10/01/u-s-supreme-court-accepts-case-on-whether-government-employees-can-be-demoted-because-of-their-election-activity/