U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Demoted Detective’s Free Speech Appeal

(October 1, 2015, 3:24 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 1 granted a petition for writ of certiorari filed by a police detective after the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals determined earlier this year that he failed to prove his case claiming that he was demoted in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution after he was perceived as being involved in a political campaign (Jeffrey J. Heffernan v. City of Paterson, New Jersey, et al., No. 14-1280, U.S. Sup.)....

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