Compelled Speech
Compelled speech violation?
Saturday, August 30th, 2008August 30, 2008
Keene Sentinel
The voters already had their say
To The Sentinel:
The Monadnock Regional School District will hold a special vote for a teachers contract on Sept. 9.
The March 11, warrant article for a teachers contract was defeated by the district voters.
The school board, administration and teachers union could have included a warrant article asking for [...]
Compelled Speech Crops Up Again
Thursday, July 7th, 2005by Ed Naile
In Epping, Tom Sutliffe, a taxpayer, brought a case against both the Board of Selectmen and School Board for asking voters to vote for their budgets in materials paid for by the taxpayers. This is known as “compelled speech” and is unconstitutional. Tom drilled his pro se case in perfect fashion. His federal [...]
Souhegan SAU 39 Compelled Speech
Monday, February 28th, 2005February 28, 2005
by Ed Naile
Here is one of our “Captured Documents,” an email from the Souhegan School Board to parents of students they had email addresses for.
The message is strictly political and uses tax dollars to promote a political message at a cost to taxpayers who may hold a different opinion. That is known [...]