Michael Graham was fired from WMAL after criticizing Islam. A gutless move but not a violation of his First Amendment rights. The amendment restricts the government, not private entities, from suppressing protected speech.
A Florida teacher was recently suspended for exercising her constitutional rights. She wrote to her representative about the burden illegal aliens place on America, and the school board suspended her.
Dear Honorable Congressman,
Please consider my views when you are voting and representing voters.
I believe we must close the doors to all foreigners for awhile (sic) until we get this economy and the schools back on their feet. As a classroom teacher in Florida for 28 years, I know that foreigners are the largest users of our taxpayers’ money. Foreigners are taking all of the jobs that poor and little-educated Americans could have. Many people are being paid under the table, and therefore they are not paying their fair share of taxes. Schools are dealing with too many problems with language differences, and time is lost to our American children who have parents who pay taxes. I’m seeing money going to local charities going to Mexican, Haitian, and Mid-Eastern immigrants instead of to the poorer people of American descent. (Read the rest)
Whether you agree with her or not is hardly the point. Jan Hall is an employee of a government institution, and she was suspended for criticizing the government, the type of speech the First Amendment was created to protect.
If you’d like to write to the school board urging her reinstatement, visit this site [corrected link].
Other sources: Civil Commotion, Teacher Suspended Over ‘Puerto Ricans Destroying Orlando Letter
