September 21, 2026
A Tennessee federal judge declined Monday to toss a former state employee's free speech suit claiming she was illegally fired for criticizing political activist Charlie Kirk on Facebook following his death, ruling it's too early in the case to determine whether her comments could have disrupted her agency's work.
December 11, 2025
A Tennessee state insurance agency violated a worker's First Amendment free speech rights when it fired her for posting on Facebook that assassinated conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was a "white supremacist," she told a federal court.