Court Rules Against Partisan Email Messages by Education Department Officials
TL;DR
A federal court ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully used Education Department employees' email accounts to send partisan messages blaming Democratic Senators during the government shutdown, violating employees' rights and the principle of nonpartisanship in the civil service.
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- Trump violated Education Dept. workers' First Amendment rights, court rules Axios
- Editing federal employees’ emails to blame Democrats for shutdown violated their First Amendment rights, judge says CNN
- Judge orders Education Department to halt ‘partisan’ employee email messages Politico
- Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Officials on Partisan Email Messages The New York Times
- Education Department's out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown are unconstitutional, judge rules NBC News
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