“threatenf] unlawful harm” or to “harm[ ] another by an unlawful act” means to threaten or inflict a harm that is unlawful as a crime, tort, or violation of a law, administrative regulation, or other legal duty. That statutory understanding expresses a clear mandate of public policy that serves to protect public officials holding legislative office in the exercise of official duties relating to legislative matters. We conclude further that because the clear mandate of public policy derived from these statutes to protect public employees is the basis for a civil action for wrongful discharge, rather than a criminal charge, in analyzing the wrongful discharge claim, that public policy is broader in scope and application than the statutes themselves. Consequently 4, 898-900 (3d Cir.1983) (<HOLDING>). In this case, MacDougall does not claim that
holding employees identified no clear public policy which their termination violated holding that federal law can provide source of state public policy for determining whether discharge of employee violated clear mandate of public policy holding that termination of an employee for refusing employees request to engage in political lobbying activities violates clear mandate of public policy under pennsylvania law holding that public policy was violated where the employee was discharged for refusal to participate in a lobbying effort holding that independent contractor claiming termination of contract because of lobbying and other political activities not protected by first amendment