Vojvodich v. Lopez

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “associating with political organizations and campaigning for a political candidate” relate to a matter of public concern
• holding that “there simply is no countervailing state interest to weigh against the employee’s First Amendment rights” where sheriff did not allege that the employee’s political activity “actually or potentially affected the Sheriff’s Office’s ability to provide services[.]”
• noting that an employee’s First Amendment interests are not automatically outweighed because they held a policymaking position
• “In the present case, there can be no question that the claimed activity, associating with political organizations and campaigning for a political candidate, related to a matter of public concern.”
• “In the present case, there can be no question that the claimed activity, associating with political organizations and campaigning for a political candidate, related to a matter of public concern.”

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