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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTeaching aide, fired for Charlie Kirk comments online, is sueing:
I am so proud of Lauren Vaughn for standing up for her rights! We must follow her lead and show the same courage. #FirstAmendmentRights must be protected. #scpol
— WatchYourRepsSC (@watchyourrepssc.bsky.social) 2025-09-19T19:35:42.511Z

msongs
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Greg_In_SF
(604 posts)this woman has absolutely no understanding of what the First Amendment says.
"Congress shall make no law"...that's it! Period! How do people not get this? This is not rocket surgery.
dsc
(53,162 posts)Also numerous cases apply this to the government as a whole. The schools is in the wrong under current case law if the facts are as stated
valleyrogue
(2,340 posts)that cannot be taken away without due process.
If she is post-probationary and under a contract, the school district may be on the hook.
SickOfTheOnePct
(8,660 posts)...gives her more room, as it is a government entity.
At the same time, I stand by the opinion, very unpopular here, which is ok, that anyone who celebrates or justifies murder based on speech doesn't belong in a classroom.
Using the excuse of "well, he said some gun deaths are ok" is akin, IMO, to saying he deserved it.
muriel_volestrangler
(104,824 posts)Vaughn further posted, [T]he WHOLE point here is that any time someone is killed fits [sic] a tragedy. Even someone I may not like. Even someone I disagree with. But instead of accepting it, why dont we do something about it? In further comments, (Vaughn) made clear that her comment was, I disagree with [Kirk] and think today should not have happened. Im sorry it did, the lawsuit said.
Read more at: https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article312176221.html#storylink=cpy
SickOfTheOnePct
(8,660 posts)valleyrogue
(2,340 posts)what the Constitution says.
Happy Hoosier
(9,100 posts)That Trump can demand personal loyalty oaths or direct that Democrats cant hold a security clearance because thats not Congress making a law?
DFW
(58,998 posts)If she had gushed praise over Republicans who advocated lethal injection for everyone from Joe Biden to the urban homeless, she would have more job security than I do.
Old Crank
(6,257 posts)For one year as the settlement and the heads fired.
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