Image: Wikimedia CommonsFollowing the murder of conservative icon Charlie Kirk in 2025, The Gateway Pundit reported that more than 100 educators across the state of Texas faced investigations for their vile, hateful, and violent content celebrating his assassination.Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) began the investigations into teachers who cheered Kirk’s murder and potentially incited additional violence online.In a strongly worded letter to superintendents, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath condemned the educators’ despicable behavior, noting that such conduct may constitute violations of the Educators’ Code of Ethics.The Texas Education Agency is investigating teachers and staff who have “posted and/or shared reprehensible and inappropriate content on social media” about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. pic.twitter.com/mY2wpK8L3r— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) September 13, 2025Not wanting to be held accountable for their behavior, in January 2026, the Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT) filed a First Amendment lawsuit in federal court against the Texas Education Agency and Commissioner Morath, asking a judge to stop the state investigations so they can be as grotesque on social media as they want.Texas AFT, along with the national AFT president, the far-left radical Randi Weingarten, and Texas president Zeph Capo, claimed Morath’s letter created a “vague, overbroad crackdown on off-duty political speech, chilled teachers, and led to leave, reprimands, doxxing, a temporary ‘do not hire’ flag,” and at least one firing.The state, however, argued the letter was not a new policy and pointed to existing ethics rules. Districts, not TEA, made most employment decisions.On August 21, 2026, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright dismissed the lawsuit, noting that the union “failed to prove that Morath’s guidance caused harm to teachers.”Per KVUE:“The Court does not see any ‘mandate’ in the letter, because the Morath Letter does not announce any new requirement or threat from Commissioner Morath,” Albright wrote.“If the principals were required to report teachers, it was due to in-place policies and regulations as the Morath Letter did not create any new obligations on behalf of the school districts.”Texas AFT wanted the court to require that Morath retract his directive. The lawsuit also asked the judge to require that Morath issue new guidance making clear to superintendents that they do not have to report such conduct to the state if the alleged speech is legally protected.According to KVUE, “Numerous Texas AFT members have since deleted their social media posts and accounts. The lawsuit says the latter shows that teachers ‘remain fearful’ about sharing their opinions on matters of public concern if their viewpoints do not align with those of the Texas state government.” The post Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over State Investigations into Texas Teachers’ Posts About Charlie Kirk appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.