<p><strong>University of Minnesota Law School </strong></p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu?utm_source=scholarship.law.umn.edu%2Fmlr%2F1814&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages" target="_blank"><strong>Scholarship Repository </strong></a></p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr?utm_source=scholarship.law.umn.edu%2Fmlr%2F1814&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages" target="_blank">Minnesota Law Review </a></p><p>1996 </p><p>Don't Tip the Scales! e Actual Malice Standard Unjustifiably Eliminates First Amendment Protection for Public Employees' Recklessly False Statements </p><p>Lesile S. Blickenstaff </p><p>Follow this and additional works at: <a href="/goto?url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr?utm_source=scholarship.law.umn.edu%2Fmlr%2F1814&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages" target="_blank">h</a><a href="/goto?url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr?utm_source=scholarship.law.umn.edu%2Fmlr%2F1814&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages" target="_blank">t</a><a href="/goto?url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr?utm_source=scholarship.law.umn.edu%2Fmlr%2F1814&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages" target="_blank">ps://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr </a><br>Part of the <a href="/goto?url=http://network.bepress.com/hgg/discipline/578?utm_source=scholarship.law.umn.edu%2Fmlr%2F1814&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages" target="_blank">Law Commons </a></p><p>Recommended Citation </p><p>Blickenstaff, Lesile S., "Don't Tip the Scales! e Actual Malice Standard Unjustifiably Eliminates First Amendment Protection for Public Employees' Recklessly False Statements" (1996). <em>Minnesota Law Review</em>. 1814. </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/1814?utm_source=scholarship.law.umn.edu%2Fmlr%2F1814&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages" target="_blank">h</a><a href="/goto?url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/1814?utm_source=scholarship.law.umn.edu%2Fmlr%2F1814&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages" target="_blank">t</a><a href="/goto?url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/1814?utm_source=scholarship.law.umn.edu%2Fmlr%2F1814&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages" target="_blank">ps://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/1814 </a></p><p>is Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Minnesota Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Minnesota Law Review collection by an authorized administrator of the Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>. </p>