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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 25 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Bond v. Floyd.

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1 Bond v. Floyd Anchor
scotus · 1966
green “the manifest function of the first amendment in a representative government requires that legislators be given the widest latitude to express their views on issues of policy.” 18
2 Jenevein v. Willing
ca5 · 2007
green “we are persuaded that the preferable course ought not draw directly upon the pickering-garcetti line of cases for sorting the free speech rights of employees elected to state office.” 4

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