A high school teacher named Marvin Pickering, sent a letter to a local newspaper, criticizing the Board’s allocation of school funds in between athletic and educational programs. He was then fired by the Board of Education after sending the letter. The Board was angry because they claimed that there were false statements in the letter. Marvin did not rest after being fired, and knew he had to do something to get his job back. He knew that it wasn’t right for someone to lose their job off of expressing their true opinion. So, he argued that his letter he wrote was protected by the first and fourteenth amendment.
When he claimed that the letter he wrote was protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments, the Board of Education turned this
When he claimed that the letter he wrote was protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments, the Board of Education turned this