Which of the following U. S. Supreme Court decisions provide guidance in this case?

A school athletic director (AD) is concerned about equality of access to desirable practice times, weight room facilities, and a discrepancy between baseball and softball facilities. The AD complained to the superintendent. The superintendent became argumentative. In response the AD sent a letter to the editor of the local newspaper outlining his concerns. The AD was removed from the position of athletic director and assigned to a middle school in the district to teach social studies. The AD brought suit alleging retaliation for protected speech.

A. Pickering v. Board of Education (1968)
B. Mt. Healthy v. Doyle (1977)
C. Connick v. Meyer (1983)
D. Garcetti v. Ceballos (2006)


D

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