Texas Tech Law Student Can’t Nullify Kirk Death Remark Censure

A Texas Tech University law student, reported to the state bar by the school for allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination, may be entitled to monetary damages but not cancellation of her disciplinary record, a federal judge said.

Ellen Fisher’s First Amendment challenge fails because Dean Jack Nowlin had already notified the State Bar of Texas of her reprimand at the time she filed suit, Judge Brantley Starr of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled.

Fisher’s requested relief, Starr said, is largely limited to actions that have yet to occur under a narrow exception to government ...