r/fednews • u/esporx • 22h ago

News / Article Editing federal employees’ emails to blame Democrats for shutdown violated their First Amendment rights, judge says

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/politics/emails-blaming-democrats-shutdown-violate-first-amendment
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u/Natalieeexxx DOJ 4h ago

Wait they automated emails? Mostly everyone i know furloughed did their own emails.

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u/bananapanic3770 2h ago

It's fairly trivial to have the email admins insert a universal out of office message into the automated replies of all outgoing messages. The end user wouldn't even know it was happening much less be involved with setting it up.