satan s representative on the student council, you re attacking his parents, his friends parents, you can t say it s not personal. well, chris and any political campaign, you have to raise awareness and issues and that s one way of doing it is by protesting. that s assistant attorney general andrew shirvell who is not part of a political campaign, neither is chris armstrong, he s already won. here is the attorney general, mike cox, on why he won t fire shirvell who was a paid consultant on cox s campaign in 2002 and also worked for the campaign in 2006. why is he still employed? well, for a number of reasons. here in america, we have this thing called the first amendment, which allows people to express what they think, and engage in political and social speech. and more on point, the supreme court, both the united states supreme court in 1995 in a case called the u.s. versus treasury
sought a personal protection order back in midseptember and also unaware that the university banned mr. shirvell from setting foot on campus in midseptember. also two former attorney generals including jennifer granholm, says mike cox has ample discretion to discipline or fire andrew shirvell, but neither governor granholm, cox or shirvell would come on the program tonight. chris armstrong will be on, i spoke to him earlier tonight. how are you holding up? i think i ve obviously been better. it s obviously been like a really big strain on like myself and my friends and family. because this has been going on for months now. yeah. yeah, since since march. and i think like what s been really great is that like the university of michigan and friends and family have been really supportive the entire way through. when you first heard this blog had been set up, what did you think? you know, obviously it was
consultant on cox s campaign in 2002 and also worked for the campaign in 2006. why is he still employed? well, for a number of reasons. here in america, we have this thing called the first amendment, which allows people to express what they think, and engage in political and social speech. and more on point, the supreme court, both the united states supreme court in 1995 in a case called the u.s. versus treasury employees said that civil service employees in the federal system and by extension in the state system have first amendment rights outside of the work as long as it doesn t impact their performance at their job. and mr. shirvell is sort of a
granholm, says mike cox has ample discretion to discipline or fire andrew shirvell, but neither governor granholm, cox or andrew shirvell would agree to come on the program tonight. only chris armstrong. he came on to talk not about himself but his concerns for the young kid who s have been recently committing suicide after being bullied. i speak to chris earlier tonight. how are you holding up? i think i ve obviously been better. it s obviously been like a really big strain on like myself and my friends and family. because this has been going on for months now. yeah. yeah, since since march. and i think like what s been really great is that like the university of michigan and friends and family have been really supportive the entire way through. when you first heard this blog had been set up, what did you think? you know, obviously it was hurtful. how did you hear about it? someone told but it? yeah. i d heard through friends, and some of my some individuals knew mr.
speech put on a blog. now, if there s conduct that s verified, for instance, if a personal protection order was sought by mr. armstrong and granted, in the michigan civil service, disciplinary code, we could start looking at things in terms of perhaps sending to an employee assistance program. what s interesting about that statement is that he, apparently when he did that interview, was unaware that chris armstrong had sought a personal protection order back in mid-september and also unaware that the university banned mr. shirvell from setting foot on campus in midseptember. also two former attorney generals including jennifer granholm, says mike cox has ample discretion to discipline or fire andrew shirvell, but neither governor granholm, cox or shirvell would come on the program tonight. chris armstrong will be on, i