Sixth Circuit Affirms Social Media Posts Were Not a Factor in Coach’s Firing

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the ruling of a lower court, siding with a high school administrator in Tennessee in a case in which a former high school coach claimed he was fired by the administrator because of two social media posts in violation of his Constitutional right to Free Speech.   In so ruling, the panel of judges ruled that the administrator was entitled to qualified immunity because, when deciding to terminate the coach's employment, he relied on, among oth