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1st Amendment Issues In The Workplace

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The 1st Amendment states that Congress cannot make any law that hinders the people's right to speak freely. With this, the 1st amendment applies to the government interference to a person right to free speech and would not apply to private business. However, the private sectors are required to follow guidelines under the National Labor Relations Act and various other state laws that prevent and organization for firing a worker for off duty actions. One of the polices that apply to this situation is that workers can come together to discuss issues happening in the workplace. In the case of Allen Lopez and ExtremeNet, I think firing Allen Lopez would not violate his civil rights. Based off the information given, Allen Lopez didn’t discuss the
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