In its unanimous and relatively brief opinion in Lane v. Franks, authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Court concluded that Edward Lane, an employee at a community college program, possessed First Amendment protection for his testimony in a criminal prosecution resulting from fraud in that program.  However, the Court also found that the college president, … Continue reading Opinion analysis: First Amendment clearly protects public employee’s subpoenaed testimony – but not sufficiently clearly to overcome qualified immunity