...in commenting upon matters of public concern" must be balanced against "the interest of the State, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees." 301 US, at 568. The Court concluded that under the circumstances of that case "the interest...

...as a citizen, in connenting upon matters of public concern and the interests of the _/~~government7, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees. 391 UC 563, 568 (1968). The Court stated that employees of the Executive Branch, or of its...

...significantly from those it possesses in connection with regulation of the speech of the citizenry in general. The problem in any case is to arrive at a balance...efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees." Although Congress is free to strike a different balance than it has, if it so chooses,...

...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. Id. at 568. The factors which the Court said should be considered include whether statements...

...Carriers, the Court quoted in support of its decision a passage from Pickering v. Bonrd of Education: ss The problem in any case is to arrive at a balance...extraordinarily delicate balance between individual political 2" Dr. Clyde J. Wingficld (piesident of the Bernard MBmich College of the City University of New York)...

...teacher, as a citizen, in commenting upon matters of public concern and the interests of the State, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees.™ (Emphasis added.) The public's interest in free and open debate on matters of pub' importance...

...dismissal of a governmental employee who was a homosexual as proper because "under the facts of this case, the interest of the Government as an employer 'in promoting the efficiency of the public service' outweighed the interest of its employee in exercising his First Amendment rights through publicly...

...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. [391 US at 568] (Emphasis added) S. 1405 would properly balance the public interest in the...

...citizen/employee "in conmenting upon matters of public concern" and the interest of the government/employer in "promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees." In Brown v. dines, the Supreme Court outlined a two-step balancing to determine when and...

...this matter must not be outweighed by any injury the speech could cause to 'the interest of the state, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees.'"5 Ohio: Ohio Rev. Code Ann. tit. 41 §§ 4113.51-4113.53. Oklahoma: Okla. Stat. Ann. tit....