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First Circuit Will Consider, En Banc, Important Questions About Government Employee Speech
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Hussey v. City of Cambridge, No.
2007) ("Speech done in a vulgar, insulting, and defiant manner is entitled to less weight in the Pickering balance.")).
Second, the Department's prediction that Hussey's post could undermine its relationship of trust with the community was reasonable.
Given the importance of that trusting relationship to the Department's public service mission, we hold that the Department's interest outweighs Hussey's in the Pickering balancing test.
Finally, recall that, under Supreme Court precedents, the First Amendment protects a government employee's speech from being restricted by the employer if