US EditionTeachers' union sues Texas over probes of online posts after Charlie Kirk murder
Texas AFT challenges TEA’s vague policy that led to 354 complaints and 95 ongoing investigations, claiming it violates teachers' First Amendment rights by targeting private social media speech.
- The Texas American Federation of Teachers union sued state officials, accusing them of violating teachers' constitutional rights by investigating them for comments made after Charlie Kirk's assassination.
- The lawsuit highlights the stories of four educators who faced investigations or disciplinary actions for their online posts about Kirk's death, with one teacher being placed on administrative leave for calling it 'karma'.
- The TAFT wants the court to declare the Texas Education Agency's policy unconstitutional, order the retraction of the directive to report such comments, and award attorneys' fees and other relief.
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Texas teachers sue state over social media restrictions
AUSTIN, Texas—In the latest right-wing violation of the U.S. Constitution’s 1st Amendment freedom of speech, and of teachers’ rights as workers, the Texas Federation of Teachers and its parent union, the Teachers/AFT, sued the state’s far-right Republican school superintendent, Mike Morath, for disciplining teachers—and ordering local districts to do so—for their private social media postings about assassinated right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk…
Teachers’ Union Challenges Texas Probes of Posts Related to Charlie Kirk
A Texas teachers’ union filed a lawsuit on Jan. 6 seeking to challenge the state education agency’s investigations into teachers’ social media posts in the days after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. The Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed the lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and its commissioner, Mike Morath, over what it says is an “unconstitutional policy” that violates educators’ right…
Teachers union sues Texas over investigation into Charlie Kirk posts
The Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT) announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the Texas Education Agency (TEA) challenging its investigations into school officials it accuses of making “inappropriate” comments after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. The teachers union alleges the First Amendment rights of hundreds of educators have been violated by the probes into social media accounts after Kirk…
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The Billings GazetteUnion sues agency over social media inquiry
A Texas teachers union sued the state's education department on Tuesday, accusing it of a "wave of retaliation" against public school employees over their social media comments following the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.
Texas teachers’ union sues TEA over investigations into educators’ speech after Charlie Kirk assassination
Texas American Federation of Teachers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Texas Education Agency and its commissioner, Mike Morath, alleging the state unlawfully investigated educators for protected speech following the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah in Sept. 2025.
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