Petition of the day
By Kate Howard
on May 5, 2017
Thepetition of the day is:
16-1053
Issues:(1) Whether a judge or jury should decide the fact-intensive question of whether government retaliation is severe enough to deter a person of ordinary firmness from continuing to engage in conduct that is protected by the First Amendment; and (2) whether a heightened standard of proof applies when the government retaliates against a citizen through speech, even when the government acts to deter a citizen from petitioning it for a redress of grievances and the individual suffers severe economic injury because of the retaliation.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Mulligan v. Nichols
Recommended Citation:
Kate Howard,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (May. 5, 2017, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/05/petition-of-the-day-1149/