Teaching aide, fired for Charlie Kirk comments online, is sueing:

[applegrove]

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]

1. good for her, hope she prevails nt

[Cha]

2. TY, Laurn Vaughn, and Bluesky!

[dsc]

6. The 14th amendment applies this to the states

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]

11. Not just that, but in the case of public employees, a job is considered a property right

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]

7. Being in a public school...

...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]

8. No, that is not "akin". She is no way tried to "justify" the murder.

Her posting was a widely-reported quote by Kirk, who was killed by a single rifle shot while he was talking to students, in which Kirk supported the 2nd Amendment’s right to bear arms: “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second amendment to protect our other God-given Rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.’ – Charlie Kirk. Thoughts and prayers,” the lawsuit said.

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 don’t 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. I’m sorry it did,” the lawsuit said.

Read more at: https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article312176221.html#storylink=cpy

[SickOfTheOnePct]

10. We'll agree to disagree n/t

[valleyrogue]

12. Case law is every bit and perhaps more important than just a simple reading of

what the Constitution says.

[Happy Hoosier]

13. So, is your opinion...

That Trump can demand personal loyalty oaths or direct that Democrats can’t hold a security clearance because that’s not Congress “making a law?”

[DFW]

4. That's one GoFundMe I'd contribute to in a heartbeat.

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]

5. The schools budget

For one year as the settlement and the heads fired.