Kiddy-Brown v. Blagojevich.U.S. Appeals Court POLITICAL AFFILIATION TERMINATION Kiddy-Brown v. Blagojevich, 408 F.3d 346 (7th Cir. 2005). The former warden WARDEN. A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various officers: as, the warden of the prison; the wardens of the port of Philadelphia; church wardens. of a state prison brought a [section] 1983 action against several state officials alleging that her rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment, addition to the U.S. Constitution, adopted 1868. The amendment comprises five sections. Section 1 Section 1 of the amendment declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens and citizens had been violated. The district court denied the defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings Noun 1. judgment on the pleadings - a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law and they appealed. The appeals court affirmed af·firm v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms v.tr. 1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. 2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm. v.intr. in part, reversed in part, and remanded. The court held that the former warden's allegations concerning patronage, if true, would demonstrate a violation of her First Amendment rights. The court found that it was clearly established at the time of the warden's dismissal that the First Amendment prohibits a state official from dismissing, on political grounds, an employee who was not charged with policymaking pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: duties. The warden alleged that she was told that she was being terminated because of her affiliation with the Republican administration. (Illinois Department of Corrections, Decatur Correctional Center) |
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