US EditionClemson University Sued over Firing Professor for Kirk Post
Joshua Bregy alleges Clemson fired him under political pressure after resharing a Facebook post critical of Charlie Kirk, violating his First Amendment rights, ACLU says.
- On Oct. 3, the American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina filed a federal lawsuit seeking reinstatement, back pay, and damages for Joshua Bregy, former assistant professor at Clemson University.
- After Kirk’s Sept. 10 assassination, state lawmakers and Clemson College Republicans resurfaced Bregy’s post, threatened funding cuts, and the university reversed its free-speech pledge, firing him within three days.
- Bregy’s Facebook was usually friends-only but the share was publicly viewable; he later made it private and deleted it at university request, the lawsuit says.
- The suit argues the firing violated South Carolina wrongful-discharge law and cites two claims—First Amendment retaliation and wrongful discharge—attributed to Joshua Bregy, said Allen Chaney, Legal Director for the ACLU of South Carolina.
- The lawsuit frames this as part of a national wave that has disciplined at least 40 higher-education faculty, staff and students and cites Clemson University Board of Trustees’ 2023 adoption of the University of Chicago Report of the Committee on Freedom of Expression.
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