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district
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means
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system
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employment
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party
supporters
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petition
us
arise
lawsuit
protesting
certain
employment
policies
practices
instituted
governor
james
thompson
illinois
november
governor
issued
executive
order
proclaiming
hiring
freeze
every
agency
bureau
board
commission
subject
control
order
prohibits
state
officials
hiring
employee
filling
vacancy
creating
new
position
taking
similar
action
affects
approximately
state
positions
become
available
year
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express
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granted
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expressly
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purpose
governor
office
personnel
governor
office
agencies
screening
applicants
illinois
civil
service
system
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personnel
choices
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requests
approved
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governor
office
among
employment
decisions
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hires
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layoffs
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office
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employment
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party
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agency
request
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applicant
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position
governor
office
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republican
primaries
past
election
years
whether
applicant
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financial
support
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party
candidates
whether
applicant
promised
join
work
republican
party
future
whether
applicant
support
republican
party
officials
state
local
levels
five
people
including
three
petitioners
brought
suit
various
illinois
republican
party
officials
district
central
district
illinois
alleged
suffered
discrimination
respect
state
employment
supporters
state
republican
party
discrimination
violates
first
amendment
cynthia
rutan
working
state
since
rehabilitation
counselor
claims
since
repeatedly
denied
promotions
supervisory
positions
qualified
worked
supported
republican
party
franklin
taylor
operates
road
equipment
illinois
department
transportation
claims
denied
promotion
support
local
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party
taylor
also
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transfer
office
nearer
home
opposition
republican
party
chairmen
counties
worked
requested
transfer
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moore
claims
repeatedly
denied
state
employment
prison
guard
support
republican
party
officials
two
plaintiffs
allege
recalled
layoffs
lacked
republican
credentials
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standefer
state
garage
worker
claims
recalled
although
fellow
employees
voted
democratic
primary
support
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party
dan
formerly
dietary
manager
mental
health
department
contends
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layoff
party
affiliation
later
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position
corrections
department
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support
chairman
local
republican
party
district
dismissed
complaint
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procedure
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see
perry
citing
speiser
randall
see
supra
sustained
precedent
conditioning
hiring
decisions
political
belief
association
plainly
constitutes
unconstitutional
condition
unless
government
vital
interest
see
elrod
plurality
opinion
stewart
concurring
judgment
branti
see
also
sherbert
verner
unemployment
benefits
speiser
randall
supra
tax
exemption
find
government
interest
reasons
found
government
lacks
justification
patronage
promotions
transfers
recalls
see
supra
decided
appropriate
inquiry
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cases
whether
employment
decision
issue
substantial
equivalent
dismissal
affirmed
trial
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moore
claim
see
appeals
reasoned
rejecting
employment
application
impose
hardship
upon
employee
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citing
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jackson
bd
education
plurality
opinion
reject
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circuit
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test
see
supra
find
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circuit
reliance
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distinguish
hiring
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unavailing
cited
passage
plurality
opinion
wygant
explaining
school
boards
attempting
redress
past
discrimination
must
choose
methods
broadly
distribute
disadvantages
imposed
affirmative
action
plans
among
innocent
parties
plurality
said
layoffs
placed
great
burden
individual
members
nonminority
race
suggested
discriminatory
hiring
permissible
certain
circumstances
even
though
burdened
white
applicants
burden
less
intrusive
loss
existing
job
see
also
white
concurring
judgment
wygant
application
question
issue
plurality
concern
case
identifying
least
harsh
means
remedying
past
wrongs
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remedy
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evidence
past
discrimination
contrast
governor
illinois
instituted
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undertaking
unnecessary
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whether
hired
less
burdensome
discharged
government
pressed
either
basis
political
affiliation
question
patronage
context
penalty
acute
whether
government
without
sufficient
justification
pressuring
employees
discontinue
free
exercise
first
amendment
rights
moore
employment
application
set
aside
chose
support
republican
party
asserts
moore
first
amendment
rights
violated
therefore
find
moore
complaint
improperly
dismissed
iii
hold
rule
elrod
branti
extends
promotion
transfer
recall
hiring
decisions
based
party
affiliation
support
petitioners
stated
claims
upon
relief
may
granted
affirm
seventh
circuit
insofar
remanded
rutan
taylor
standefer
claims
however
reverse
circuit
decision
uphold
dismissal
moore
claim
five
claims
remanded
proceedings
consistent
opinion
ordered
footnotes
three
five
original
plaintiffs
brought
lawsuit
rutan
taylor
moore
petitioners
case
refer
petitioners
defendants
lawsuit
various
illinois
republican
party
officials
refer
respondents
respondents
case
also
case
four
five
original
plaintiffs
rutan
taylor
standefer
named
case
five
originally
brought
action
individually
behalf
similarly
situated
seventh
circuit
noting
district
failed
address
questions
reviewed
case
one
brought
individuals
therefore
claims
individuals
us
seventh
circuit
explained
standefer
claims
might
cognizable
formal
informal
system
rehiring
employees
positions
expressed
considerable
doubt
rutan
taylor
able
show
suffered
substantial
equivalent
dismissal
denied
promotions
transfer
justice
scalia
lengthy
discussion
appropriate
standard
review
restrictions
government
places
constitutionally
protected
activities
employees
ensure
efficient
effective
operations
see
post
questionable
offers
support
conclusion
patronage
practices
pass
muster
first
amendment
interests
justice
scalia
regards
potentially
furthered
patronage
practices
interests
government
capacity
employer
justice
scalia
describes
possible
benefits
patronage
follows
patronage
stabilizes
political
parties
prevents
excessive
political
fragmentation
post
patronage
necessary
strong
disciplined
party
organizations
post
patronage
fosters
system
post
patronage
powerful
means
achieving
social
political
integration
excluded
groups
post
interests
government
might
structure
functioning
society
whole
government
attempts
use
public
employment
interests
render
interests
therefore
even
justice
scalia
correct
scrutiny
appropriate
government
takes
measures
ensure
proper
functioning
internal
operations
rule
relevance
restrictions
freedom
association
speech
issue
case
branti
finkel
also
refined
exception
created
elrod
burns
certain
employees
elrod
suggested
policymaking
confidential
employees
probably
dismissed
basis
political
views
plurality
opinion
stewart
concurring
judgment
branti
said
state
demonstrates
compelling
interest
infringing
first
amendment
rights
show
party
affiliation
appropriate
requirement
effective
performance
public
office
involved
branti
supra
scope
exception
concern
us
respondents
concede
five
employees
brought
suit
within
respondents
reliance
johnson
transportation
agency
santa
clara
county
effect
misplaced
question
johnson
whether
santa
clara
county
affirmative
action
program
violated
antidiscrimination
requirement
title
vii
civil
rights
act
context
said
denial
promotion
unsettle
legitimate
firmly
rooted
expectations
dispute
however
placed
burden
person
promotion
denied
considered
johnson
expectations
discussing
whether
plan
unnecessarily
trammeled
rights
male
employees
whether
goal
pursued
excessive
rather
reasonable
amount
dislocation
decision
promotion
denials
imposition
title
vii
prevented
santa
clara
considering
gender
order
redress
past
discrimination
mean
promotion
denials
enough
imposition
pressure
employees
affiliate
favored
party
complaint
case
dan
driven
exactly
rejected
recall
governor
office
allegedly
pursued
support
republican
party
official
despite
previous
interest
democratic
party
seventh
circuit
proffered
test
based
determination
patronage
practices
burden
free
exercise
first
amendment
rights
rather
chose
defer
political
process
area
felt
yet
spoken
clearly
also
expressed
concern
opposite
conclusion
open
state
employment
excessive
interference
federal
judiciary
ibid
respect
share
concern
decision
impose
federal
judiciary
supervision
state
government
activity
otherwise
immune
federal
courts
long
available
protesting
unlawful
state
employment
decisions
title
vii
ed
violation
federal
law
discriminate
way
state
employment
excepting
certain
positions
basis
race
color
religion
sex
national
origin
moreover
first
amendment
noted
already
protects
state
employees
patronage
dismissals
even
act
retaliation
trivial
failing
hold
birthday
party
public
employee
intended
punish
exercising
free
speech
rights
extent
respondents
also
argue
moore
penalized
exercise
protected
speech
association
rights
claim
right
employment
first
place
argument
foreclosed
perry
sindermann
see
supra
justice
stevens
concurring
join
opinion
additional
comments
prompted
three
propositions
advanced
justice
scalia
dissent
first
implies
prohibiting
imposition
unconstitutional
condition
upon
eligibility
government
employment
amounts
adoption
civil
service
system
second
makes
startling
assertion
long
history
open
widespread
use
patronage
practices
immunizes
constitutional
scrutiny
third
assumes
decisions
elrod
burns
branti
finkel
represented
dramatic
departures
prior
precedent
several
years
either
elrod
branti
decided
occasion
judge
appeals
seventh
circuit
evaluate
propositions
illinois
state
employees
union
council
federation
state
municipal
employees
lewis
cert
denied
respect
first
wrote
neither
may
impose
civil
service
system
upon
state
illinois
general
assembly
provided
elaborate
system
regulating
appointment
specified
positions
solely
basis
merit
fitness
grounds
termination
employment
procedures
must
followed
connection
hiring
firing
promotion
retirement
federal
power
establish
employment
code
however
recognition
plaintiffs
claims
give
every
public
employee
civil
service
tenure
require
state
follow
set
procedure
assume
burden
explaining
proving
grounds
every
termination
former
employee
burden
proving
discharge
motivated
impermissible
consideration
true
course
prima
facie
case
may
impose
burden
explanation
state
burden
proof
remain
plaintiff
employee
must
assume
trier
fact
able
differentiate
discharges
politically
motivated
clear
distinction
grant
tenure
employee
right
conferred
judicial
fiat
prohibition
discharge
particular
impermissible
reason
plainly
identified
distinction
many
occasions
recently
perry
sindermann
unlike
civil
service
system
fourteenth
amendment
constitution
provide
job
security
public
employees
however
discharge
motivated
considerations
race
religion
punishment
constitutionally
protected
conduct
well
settled
state
action
subject
federal
judicial
review
merit
argument
recognition
plaintiffs
constitutional
claim
tantamount
foisting
civil
service
code
upon
state
footnotes
citations
omitted
second
justice
scalia
asserts
practice
expressly
prohibited
text
bill
rights
bears
endorsement
long
tradition
open
widespread
unchallenged
use
dates
back
beginning
republic
proper
basis
striking
post
post
clear
continuing
tradition
people
deserves
dispositive
effect
argument
traditional
practices
immune
constitutional
scrutiny
advanced
two
plurality
opinions
justice
scalia
authored
opinion
joined
majority
members
lewis
case
noted
obvious
response
position
age
pernicious
practice
sufficient
reason
continued
acceptance
constitutional
attack
racial
discrimination
course
doomed
failure
see
brown
board
education
added
comment
specific
application
argument
patronage
practices
finally
answer
constitutional
question
foreclosed
fact
spoils
system
entrenched
american
history
almost
two
hundred
years
alomar
dwyer
cir
period
assumed
without
serious
question
debate
since
public
employee
constitutional
right
job
valid
constitutional
objection
summary
removal
see
bailey
richardson
app
affirmed
per
curiam
equally
divided
adler
board
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justice
marshall
forcefully
stated
circuit
judge
theory
public
employment
may
denied
altogether
may
subjected
conditions
regardless
unreasonable
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rejected
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board
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development
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law
subsequent
unequivocal
repudiation
line
cases
ending
bailey
richardson
adler
board
education
relevant
preceding
doctrine
universally
rejected
footnotes
citations
omitted
closely
divided
upheld
statute
prohibiting
federal
civil
service
employees
taking
active
part
partisan
political
activities
public
workers
mitchell
dissenting
justices
felt
abridgment
first
amendment
rights
justified
majority
however
concluded
government
interests
compromising
quality
public
service
permitting
individual
employees
use
public
offices
advance
partisan
causes
sufficient
justify
limitation
freedom
dispute
within
proposition
employees
interests
political
action
protected
first
amendment
justices
different
conclusions
stemmed
different
appraisals
sufficiency
justification
restriction
justification
desirability
political
neutrality
public
service
avoidance
use
power
prestige
government
favor
one
party
condemn
rather
support
alleged
conduct
defendant
case
thus
dicta
unequivocally
stated
legislature
require
allegiance
particular
political
faith
condition
public
employment
appellants
urge
federal
employees
protected
bill
rights
congress
may
enact
regulation
providing
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negro
shall
appointed
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office
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employee
shall
attend
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take
active
part
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work
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limitations
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power
limitations
follow
prohibition
acting
ward
leader
worker
polls
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dicta
support
holding
state
oklahoma
require
employees
profess
loyalty
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past
association
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wieman
updegraff
decision
recognize
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right
public
employment
rather
rested
impact
requirement
citizen
first
amendment
rights
think
unlikely
consider
plaintiffs
interest
freely
associating
members
democratic
party
less
worthy
protection
oklahoma
employees
interest
associating
communists
former
communists
held
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cook
summarily
excluded
naval
gun
factory
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restaurant
workers
union
local
mcelroy
government
interest
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security
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installation
outweighed
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interest
working
particular
location
however
explicitly
assumed
sovereign
deny
employment
reason
citizen
member
particular
political
party
religious
faith
kept
democrat
methodist
held
teacher
exercise
right
speak
issues
public
importance
may
furnish
basis
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public
employment
pickering
board
education
noted
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criminal
sanctions
somewhat
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impact
exercise
right
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speech
dismissal
employment
apparent
threat
dismissal
public
employment
nonetheless
potent
means
inhibiting
speech
ibid
holding
pickering
natural
sequel
justice
frankfurter
comment
dissent
shelton
tucker
scheme
terminate
employment
teachers
solely
membership
unpopular
organizations
run
afoul
fourteenth
amendment
reaffirmed
proposition
nontenured
public
servant
constitutional
right
public
employment
nevertheless
may
dismissed
exercising
first
amendment
rights
perry
sindermann
explanation
holding
pertinent
least
quarter
century
made
clear
even
though
person
right
valuable
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benefit
even
though
government
may
deny
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number
reasons
reasons
upon
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may
act
may
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person
basis
infringes
constitutionally
protected
interests
especially
interest
freedom
speech
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benefit
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constitutionally
protected
speech
associations
exercise
freedoms
effect
penalized
inhibited
allow
government
produce
result
command
directly
speiser
randall
interference
constitutional
rights
impermissible
applied
general
principle
denials
tax
exemptions
speiser
randall
supra
unemployment
benefits
sherbert
verner
welfare
payments
shapiro
thompson
graham
richardson
often
applied
principle
denials
public
employment
public
workers
mitchell
wieman
updegraff
shelton
tucker
torcaso
watkins
cafeteria
restaurant
workers
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mcelroy
cramp
board
public
instruction
baggett
bullitt
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russell
keyishian
board
regents
whitehill
elkins
robel
pickering
board
education
applied
principle
regardless
public
employee
contractual
claim
job
compare
pickering
board
education
supra
shelton
tucker
supra
thus
respondent
lack
contractual
tenure
right
reemployment
academic
year
immaterial
free
speech
claim
circuit
given
full
effect
principle
footnotes
citations
omitted
avoid
force
line
authority
described
foregoing
passage
justice
scalia
weigh
supposed
general
state
interest
patronage
hiring
aggregated
interests
many
employees
affected
practice
defense
patronage
obfuscates
critical
distinction
partisan
interest
public
interest
assumes
governmental
power
public
resources
case
employment
opportunities
may
appropriately
used
subsidize
partisan
activities
even
political
affiliation
employee
job
applicant
entirely
unrelated
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service
premise
position
rests
justify
use
public
funds
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party
members
campaign
work
conversely
legislative
enactment
denying
public
employment
nonmembers
majority
party
legislation
unconstitutional
clearly
equally
pernicious
rule
promulgated
executive
must
also
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justice
scalia
argues
distinguishing
inducement
compulsion
reveals
patronage
system
impairment
speech
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rights
employees
employees
insignificant
post
analysis
contradicts
harsh
reality
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linchpin
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emphasizing
link
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success
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privilege
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perry
sindermann
jobs
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race
religion
may
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wygant
jackson
board
education
stevens
dissenting
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words
cases
efficiency
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workers
mitchell
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hiring
workers
loyal
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party
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branti
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concerns
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religion
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affiliation
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entirely
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service
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denied
employment
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balance
constitutional
rights
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political
interests
party
power
seems
obvious
government
may
discriminate
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individuals
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advancing
partisan
interests
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funds
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functioning
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benefits
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name
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process
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deeper
traditions
democracy
embodied
first
amendment
lewis
despite
justice
scalia
imprecise
use
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post
legal
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presented
litigation
plainly
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elrod
burns
plurality
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illinois
state
employees
union
council
federation
state
municipal
employees
lewis
cert
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gerald
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burnham
superior
california
marin
county
plurality
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justice
scalia
additional
reliance
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hardwick
post
misplaced
case
used
history
state
criminal
prohibitions
support
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conduct
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first
amendment
ironically
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rights
party
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post
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america
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kind
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swift
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subjects
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party
madness
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gain
maxim
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men
like
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adams
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paterson
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deep
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hamilton
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parties
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parties
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subject
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eloquent
warning
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washington
devoted
large
part
political
testament
farewell
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stern
warnings
baneful
effects
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party
successor
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adams
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republic
two
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parties
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greatest
political
evil
constitution
similar
admonitions
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writings
fisher
adams
philosopher
jeffersonian
democracy
john
taylor
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point
political
philosophy
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men
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many
things
agreed
quite
readily
common
conviction
baneful
effects
spirit
party
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party
system
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although
justice
scalia
defense
patronage
turns
benefits
fostering
system
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opinion
devoid
reference
meaningful
evidence
patronage
practices
played
significant
role
preservation
system
examples
cites
boss
tweeds
tammany
halls
pendergast
machines
byrd
machines
daley
machines
post
patronage
practices
used
solely
protect
power
entrenched
majority
see
laycock
notes
role
judicial
review
expansion
federal
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