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Related: About this forumA federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.sdd.84442/gov.uscourts.sdd.84442.11.0.pdf
September 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.sdd.84442/gov.uscourts.sdd.84442.11.0.pdf
September 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-09-24T22:48:10.476Z
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A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
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flashman13
(1,520 posts)1. I believe there will be a flood of unlawful termination law suits.
Old Crank
(6,248 posts)2. And hopefully suits for
Damages, reputation and monetary.
Fil1957
(232 posts)3. One could argue his original post was in bad taste, but he apologized and no way should he have been terminated.
summer_in_TX
(3,840 posts)4. The Texas State University prof who was fired is suing.
He was on his own time, away at a conference and trouble-makers posted the video and a pile-on began. He also wasn't given any due process as is specified in his contract.
He's got a very good case.