Education Department’s Shutdown Email Auto Replies Deemed Unconstitutional

( November 11, 2025, 12:33 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Education “infringed upon its employees’ First Amendment rights” when it “commandeer[ed] its employees’ e-mail accounts to broadcast partisan messages” during the federal government shutdown, a federal judge in the District of Columbia ruled, granting summary judgment to a union that sued over auto replies set up by the department on workers’ email accounts....

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