Social media posts about Charlie Kirk's death prompt firings across Texas

DALLAS — The First Amendment gives Americans the right to speak and the right to post, but it does not give Americans the right to keep a job.

Disciplinary action is being taken by employers across Texas against workers who posted about the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

There are documented cases of pilots and professors being fired because of what they said on social media.

“A private employer can fire or discipline an employee for political speech,” said Dallas employment attorney Rogge Dunn, who has tried multiple First Amendment cases in court.

The First Amendment protects you “only from the government taking adverse action against you because you speak out,” he said.

Private companies can fire a worker because of something said or written, no matter