Day: April 7, 2022

SCOTUS Rules Board’s Verbal Censure of Member Didn’t Violate First Amendment

SCOTUS Rules Board’s Verbal Censure of Member Didn’t Violate First Amendment

In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an elected trustee who was publicly censured by his board did not have a First Amendment claim. In reaching its decision, the Court explained that the purely verbal censure was itself a form of free speech by