A former Tennessee state employee can move forward with her First Amendment lawsuit concerning social media posts about Charlie Kirk after a judge allowed the case to proceed.
The ruling keeps the employee’s constitutional claim active. It allows the litigation to continue rather than resolving whether her First Amendment rights were violated.
Separately, state Sen. Charlane Oliver has proposed a ban on corporate election spending. The proposal would target corporate spending in elections; it is a proposed restriction, not an enacted ban.
In Nashville, the district attorney’s office has a growing team focused on digital evidence. That development concerns the local prosecutor’s evidence operation, distinct from the former state employee’s speech lawsuit and Oliver’s election-spending proposal.