The patronage doctrine provides that a fired public employee cannot sue the employer for First Amendment retaliation arising out of the termination if the employee was terminated based on political loyalty to an opposition. In Nichols v. Dancer, published today, the Ninth Circuit declined to extend the doctrine to protect an employer who terminates an employee for lack of personal loyalty to the employer.
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