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Panel Orders Whistleblower Reinstated Adam Geller AP, June 13, 2006

Washington, D.C., June 3, 2006 – Stephen M. Kohn, Chairman of the National Whistleblowers Center, appeared on CSPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Garcetti v. Ceballos.

Environment Laws May Not Blunt High Court Whistleblower Ruling June 2, 2006, Inside EPA

5-4 Majority Strips Most Government Whistleblowers of Legal Protections Washington, D.C. – May 30, 2006. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, stripped most government employees of their whistleblower protections.  The Court held that public employees may be “discipline(d)” for exposing official misconduct, taxpayer fraud or public safety violations if their whistleblowing is made […]

Supreme Court limits protections for government whistleblowers Stephen Henderson, Knight Ridder Newspapers, May 30, 2006