A Law Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) has learned a valuable lesson that free speech does not mean free of consequences. Now, she is out of a job.
Following the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, UALR Bowen Law professor Felicia Branch took to social media to share her twisted take.
She wrote, “It never fails. People have come out caping for the devil that walked among us.”
“News flash Christians.”
“The evil one isn’t one singular being. I’m going to need y’all to study a bit more.”
“So no. I will not pull back from CELEBRATING that an evil man died by the method he chose to embrace.”
Read her full hateful message below.
KATV reported on Branch’s dismissal:
In a letter made out to Branch on October 13, UALR Chancellor Christina S. Drale expressed to the former professor how her speech breached “professional standards expected by the Bowen Law School and the Board of Trustees.”
“In your statement to Dean Crawford regarding your suspension, your argument appears to center on two arguments: 1) you were speaking as a private citizen, not as a representative of a public institution, and 2) your posts did not cause a disruption because the direct responses to your social media posts were relatively low. Your claim is that third parties caused the disruption.”
Drale also expressed in the letter her outlook on Branch’s stance regarding the impact of her comments, stating that a “warning or reprimand” would not be as effective.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffen noted, “The recent appalling comments by @BowenLaw professor Felicia Branch speak for themselves.”
“There can be no consideration of someone of such evident low character continuing to instruct future lawyers here in Arkansas.”
“We should and do have broad academic freedom in this country.”
“But protections for scholarship offer no reason for an employer to tolerate an employee unabashedly celebrating political assassination.”
The recent appalling comments by @BowenLaw professor Felicia Branch speak for themselves. There can be no consideration of someone of such evident low character continuing to instruct future lawyers here in Arkansas. We should and do have broad academic freedom in this country.… pic.twitter.com/ZnOFu5oBru
— Attorney General Tim Griffin (@AGTimGriffin) September 16, 2025
The letter to Branch can be read in full here.