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NEWTON v. LePAGE

No. 1:11-cv-00124-JAW.

789 F.Supp.2d 172 (2011)

John NEWTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Paul LePAGE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

April 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol J. Garvan , Jeffrey Neil Young , McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Toker, P.A., Topsham, ME, Jonathan S.R. Beal , Law Office of Jonathan S.R. Beal, Portland, ME, for Plaintiffs.

ORDER ON MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.

Under clear United States Supreme Court precedent, when the government speaks, it is not subject to the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.1 This principle applies to elected state leaders; they have the right to decide what to say and what not to say, and by extension during their term in office, they are authorized to decide what the...

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