[jlogajan]

Constituional rights supercede any signed agreement.

That's not true at all. I may have "freedom of speech" but I've signed corporate agreements in which I cannot speak ill of the company (whether truthful or not) as a condition of employement or severance package. These are binding and can be upheld in court.

[JediGirl]

: Access to Student Rooms by College Officials-The College reserves the right to enter student rooms to perform routine maintenance, to inspect for fire, health or safety hazards, to investigate misuse or misappropriation of College or other property, and in the event of a missing student or for that student's health and welfare.

From the handbook @ http://www.hamilton.edu/college/Student_Handbook/2002-2003/

So I guess that's it. Thanks for the responses. I should have done a bit more digging.

[DoughtyOne]

If you had defended a company requirement that you to sign an agreement to not disclose proprietary information, I'd agree.  I don't believe a company has a constitutional right to demand you abrogate your rights to be truthful about it's possible criminal behavior.  Essentially that is what they are requiring here, whether that was the initial intent or not.  The dismissal of you for related reasons would certainly be subject to vigorous legal opposition.

[DoughtyOne]

While my arguement might stand on it's merits, it's essentially mute.  Businesses can let employees go for no cause.  What they generally do is claim elimination of a position, then they hire a new employee and create a new position that does the same exact tasks.  Employees seldom have the resources or time to respond in court.