2025年9月10日，保守活动家查理·柯克在犹他州谷地大学校园演讲时被枪杀1。这一事件引发了广泛的职场报复。副总统JD·万斯在暗杀发生数天后表示："看到有人庆祝查理的被杀，要指责他们，该死的，打电话给他们的雇主"1。随后，数百人因发表批评柯克的言论而被解雇或受到纪律处分1。
根据路透社去年11月的统计，超过600起解雇或纪律处分案例与此相关1。被解雇的员工随即提起诉讼争取赔偿，并获得了不同程度的成功。体育记者杰拉尔德·博格特等被解雇者通过诉讼获得赔偿1。布里特妮·布朗获得485,000美元（约355,000英镑）的和解金，相当于其年薪的12倍1；达伦·迈克尔获得500,000美元赔偿并被复职1；田纳西大学同意向塔玛尔·什里尼安支付190万美元以解决诉讼1；《华盛顿邮报》的仲裁员下令复职卡伦·阿蒂亚并支付欠薪1。尽管获得赔偿，许多被解雇者表示不后悔自己的言论，认为这体现了言论自由1。值得注意的是，在美国，大多数私营部门员工在"随意雇佣"合同下工作，可无故被解雇1。
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on September 10, 2025, during a campus lecture at Utah Valley University, triggering a wave of workplace retaliation against those who publicly criticized him.1 Vice President JD Vance responded days after the assassination by declaring: "See people celebrating Charlie being killed, you gotta call them out, damn it, call their employers," a statement that appeared to fuel employer action against critics.1
The scale of the employment fallout has been substantial. Reuters documented more than 600 cases of dismissals or disciplinary actions in the months following the incident.1 Among those affected was sports journalist Gerald Bourguet, who was among hundreds fired or disciplined for their public statements.1 Despite the professional consequences, many of those terminated have expressed no regret over their speech, viewing their actions as an exercise of free expression.
Several terminated workers have pursued legal remedies with varying degrees of success. Brittney Brown secured a settlement of $485,000—approximately twelve times her annual salary—while Darren Michael received $500,000 in compensation and was reinstated to his position.1 Tennessee's higher education system agreed to pay Tamar Shirinian $1.9 million to resolve her lawsuit, and an arbitrator ordered The Washington Post to reinstate Karen Attiah and pay back wages owed to her.1 The legal victories underscore a broader tension in American employment law: most private sector workers operate under at-will employment contracts, which permit employers to terminate workers without cause.1
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