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Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by gnicholas on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @06:08PM (#27912817)
In many jurisdictions, political affiliation/activity is protected. [1] It looks like PA has had a couple cases on the matter, one offering protection and a more recent one limiting the first case to its facts (i.e., saying it is not precedential anymore). Details on page 319.

1: https://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/empspeech.pdf

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Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by minsc__and__boo on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:02PM (#27965431)
PA courts determined that the previous 1983 ruling (protecting political party from employer termination) is not good law, and will not use it as precedence again.

There are laws in place to prevent employers from coercing employees into political action - i.e. you won't get your annual bonus unless you donate to this political candidate - but these are protections from extortion, and not exceptions to the general rule that political party is not a protected class.

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