TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 19, 2025

After news last week about two university employees facing termination proceedings for comments made after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, WSMV reports that a state employee with the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance also has been fired. In addition, the Nashville Banner reports that a Metro Nashville employee was placed on leave, Austin Peay State University fired a longtime theatre professor, Cumberland University fired a professor and another staffer, and East Tennessee State University suspended two tenured professors.