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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Whether or not it was a public forum, it was a government actor, and a content-based restriction.
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Your 1st amendment analysis is off. If federal employees wears a T-shirt that is considered disruptive, the employee can be told to remove it or leave and thus be restricted in his or her expression by the government and it is not a violation of the first amendment. The issue is whether the forum is a public or designated public forum.
I don't think that under the cases interpreting the 1st amendment that event qualifies as a public forum or even a designated public forum. If it is not a public forum or a designated public forum, it doesn't matter that the action was by a government actor (see my hypo above about the federal employees right to wear a T-shirt to work.)
