Rick and labor attorney Jessica Caggiano discuss what is and what isn’t protected speech by a public employee and in the age of social media. How has social media impacted how courts determine what speech is disruptive to the workplace?

Rick and Jessica cover bedrock Supreme Court decisions as well as recent court cases that will be featured in the Public Safety Labor News.

Cases:

• Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563 (1968) (0:07:57)
• Rankin v. McPherson, 483 U.S. 378 (1987) (0:11:47)
• Noble v. Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, No. 23-3853 (6th Cir. 2024) (0:17:35)
• Fenico v. City of Philadelphia, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195138 (E.D. Pa., 2024) (0:27:29)
• Brown v. City of Tulsa, January 7, 2025 (10th Circuit) (0:39:00)
• Hussey v. City of Cambridge, August 15, 2025 (1st Circuit) (0:42:59)
• Hedgepeth v Britton, August 26, 2025 (7th Cir. 2025) (0:49:23)