the plaintiff says he was well known as a spagnola friend and supporter. okay?imagine that that's discussed in the chief of police's office. but the chief of police thinks that heffernan really should be transferred. okay? the chief, if the petitioner is right here, really has to worry because if it's discussed, then there's every reason that heffernan can just bring a lawsuit saying, look. i wasn't actually involved in the campaign, but you did it because he was my friend. and that is a very significant consequence for the individual rights. now, if we didn't have other protections that get to the concern about conscience, i could see the case getting even stronger. >> we know that you can't -- let's assume in this particular position you can't be fired because you're a republican or democrat. and that's what -- that's what they do. but that -- the person did not engage in that activity. he still is in the position of the government ascribing to him, a political belief that he does not have. >> justice kennedy, that's right. the government thinks a lot of thing

the plaintiff says he was well known as a spagnola friend and supporter. okay?imagine that that's discussed in the chief of police's office. but the chief of police thinks that heffernan really should be transferred. okay? the chief, if the petitioner is right here, really has to worry because if it's discussed, then there's every reason that heffernan can just bring a lawsuit saying, look. i wasn't actually involved in the campaign, but you did it because he was my friend. and that is a very significant consequence for the individual rights. now, if we didn't have other protections that get to the concern about conscience, i could see the case getting even stronger. >> we know that you can't -- let's assume in this particular position you can't be fired because you're a republican or democrat. and that's what -- that's what they do. but that -- the person did not engage in that activity. he still is in the position of the government ascribing to him, a political belief that he does not have. >> justice kennedy, that's right. the government thinks a lot of thing

declaring one as a neutral, if heffernan was engaged in political activity and said i'm supporting spagnola, of course he would be protected by the first amendment. what i'm hearing is that if he said i'm neutral, he would be protected. i see little difference between being neutral and being agnostic in the sense that i'm not taking a position. so -- >> i am so totally confused. i know it was way it was presented to us, but i thought he testified that he had made a choice not to get involved in the campaign, but that spagnola was his friend, and he supported him. so he wasn't neutral. neutral. he just want engaging in associational conduct by choice. that's what i thought. >> that's correct, justice sotomayor. and the point that i was trying to make was the fact that in this case, he was not going to be exercising his right to vote or campaign for him, but clearly, he engaged in what we would consider core first amendment activity by picking up that sign, the mistake that the employer made was actually one that they perceived him as actually campaigning on behalf of spagnola, and that shoul

entire 20-man coaching staff. 12 assistants were on tom coughlin's staff last year including steve spagnola, mike quinn, and mike sullivan who mcadoo's former spot as offensive coordinator. the nfl tax filings have been made public. commissioner roger goodell pulled out over $34 million in salary in 2014. that's down a bit from the previous year. and in 2012 he made over $44 million. >> the struggle is real, man. >>> let's get to baseball. pitchers and catchers get to spring training this week. position players not due till next week but curtis granderson in is port st. lucie. had surgery in november but granderson now ready to roll. >> i'd been working out, started hitting in january like i normally do. baseball activities as normal. and if anything, just a little scar there which actually isn't too bad. >> scars are cool. >>> hockey tonight. the devils host the flyers. rangers host the blackhawks at the garden. there's hope today ranger captain ryan mcdonagh can play in that game. we were at practice today. mcdonagh was on the ice skating, getting ready. mcdonagh was punched by phillies w