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**Pryor Law**
In the 1952 case Wieman v. Updegraff the Supreme Court ruled that it is unlawful to force employees to take a "loyalty oath." It is considered unconstitutional to restricted people rights in order to be employed.

//__ FACTS: __// On September 24, 1964 Marvin Pickering wrote a letter to Graphic Newspapers Inc outlining the allocation of educational funds that will be used by the school district. He alleges that the school district has deviated from its original plan for the high school by financing sport related programs instead of academic ones. Mr Pickering was terminated by the Board of Education. The Illinois court upheld this decision rejecting Mr Pickering’s claim that letter was protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The court concluded that his letter was “detrimental to the best interest of the schools.” The case was then brought to the Supreme Court of The United States March 27, 1968. Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the court on June 3, 1968. //__ I  __////__ SSUE PRESENTED: __// Can a teacher make public statements about a schools operation? //__ HOLDING: __// Yes. A teacher can make public statements about a schools operation as long as there is a balance between free speech (First Amendment) and the states interest, the teachers duties as a teacher are not impeded by his/her statement to the public, and there is no insubordination on the part of the teacher.

**Implications**
One of the major effects of this case is that it is considered to be a major victory for everyone who is a public employee. This case set the president that public employees' first amendment rights are protected no matter what their occupation. Their rights as a citizen can not be revoked due to employment.