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I certainly hope they're talking to a lawyer about the school's discriminatory conduct, about whether they might win, and if it's worth fighting.
Whether the first amendment applies or not is a question worth asking them, I'm not sure it's quite so simple. If a state told a Muslim employee they couldn't pray while on the clock, I would very much expect a first amendment claim. I don't think this is so clear, but a public university telling an employee they can't include relevant information like their pronouns for discriminatory reasons seems plausible.
I guess, providing someone time to pray, and that person placing "I AM MUSLIM" On their official correspondence as a public servant/employee representing their department are two different things. I am not defending anyone here, just curious how it applies.
As for this situation, it seems if the memo said "you can't put your pronouns or tribal affiliation on your signature" vs "Please use this official template for your email signature" would make all the difference in how a lawyer could defend it. And it sounds like they did the latter. But we all know the reason they did it.
Pronouns are a fundamental building block of the English language. You literally cannot write or speak coherently without them. Equating that to putting "I AM A MUSLIM" on official correspondence is idiotic at best, and disingenuous at worst (well, disingenuous, racist and probably transphobic, at worst).
Stating your religious beliefs isn't a building block of the English language. Like you get how these are different things right? You could remove the name of every single religion ever from the English language, just poof, and guess what? We would still have no problem communicating.
Now try doing that with pronouns. An entire figure of speech.
It depends very much on timing. If this was brought up within the first few weeks? Sure. But if this has been in their signature for months and/or years without issue, and suddenly it’s a problem? Extremely suspicious.