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SC rules 1st doesn't cover lies [CNN]
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> SUPREME COURT: GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CAN PUNISH WORKERS WHO LIE
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> January 21, 1998
> Web posted at: 2:53 p.m. EST (1953 GMT)
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> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government agencies can punish employees who lie
> while being investigated for employment-related misconduct, the
> Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday.
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> The court overturned rulings in five separate cases that had barred
> federal agencies from stiffening the disciplinary action taken
> against wayward employees based on false statements they made when
> questioned about their misconduct.
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> Although the decision dealt with federal employees, its rationale
> appeared to affect state and local government employees as well.
> Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote for the court that nothing
> in the Constitution nor any federal law bars such punishment.
>
> "A citizen may decline to answer the question, or answer it
> honestly, but he cannot with impunity knowingly and willfully answer
> with a falsehood," Rehnquist said.
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