"Where a person's good name, reputation, honor, or integrity is at stake because of what the government is doing to him, notice and an opportunity to be heard a

"Where a person's good name, reputation, honor, or integrity is at stake because of what the government is doing to him, notice and an opportunity to be heard are essential." Wisconsin v. Constantineau, 400 U.S. 433, 437, 91 S. Ct. 507, 510 (1971). This case and similar sound in federal employment law. I cite them frequently in the context of military discharges. But the government publishing stigmatizing material about someone is odious, and I see no reason why it implicates less of a liberty interest here than it does in an employment context. It's my personal opinion that this reasoning should extend beyond federal employment -- stigmatizing material published by the government should require a hearing.