7.+The+Courthouse+Steps



=__ **Impacts on Education** __= -This case made it a lot harder to prove that free speech was a matter of public concern. -Opinions on employment policies regardless of their impact on moral or performance are not protected speech. -Disputes over employee policy are unlikely to be seen as protected speech. -Proving public concern is now extremely difficult. -What qualifies speech as public concern has not been defined. Therefore any employee speaking out against moral is unlikely to be protected. Employers will be able to argue that, "the form and context in which otherwise useful speech was delivered should bring the speech outside the ambit of public concern." -