RE: https://ecoevo.social/@noamross/116477022610444161

I swore an Oath the Protect and Serve the Constitution of the United States.

But I have spent the last two weeks in purgatory on

“Administrative leave for investigative purposes”

While NASA pondered me speaking in my personal capacity.

I am back tomorrow.

More on the 1st Amendment for civil servants:

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/pickering-v-board-of-education/

#climate #FirstAmendment

#nyc

@atthenius

Your first mistake is thinking your Constitution matters any longer.

@Mannanan

I swore my oath in September 2009.

And I meant it.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3331

5 U.S. Code § 3331 - Oath of office

LII / Legal Information Institute

@atthenius

What you meant at the time also no longer matters. Sorry.

@Mannanan

Time is foundational to climate research of course.

@atthenius don’t listen to the fatalists, your oath does still matter.

Nothing is forever, as we’ve all learned, but the pendulum will eventually swing back. We don’t know yet what or how long it will take but it WILL swing back.