Whether public employees have First Amendment protection to report fraudulent conduct by state troopers

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, after inconsistencies generated by Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006) and Lane v. Franks, 573 U.S. 228 (2014), citizen public employees who were terminated from their employment should have First Amendment protection to make truthful reports, both to their superiors and to state and federal law enforcement, about fraudulent tickets issued by State troopers, when their failure to report would amount to misprision of a felony.