US EditionUS Supreme Court won't hear free speech fight over teacher fired for social media posts
HANOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 01 – The Supreme Court declined to review Kari MacRae's case after lower courts ruled her social media posts were disruptive, ending her legal challenge to protect public employee speech rights.
- On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear two free speech cases involving a teacher’s pre-hiring social media posts and an anti-vaccine group’s censorship complaint against Meta.
- Following 2019 claims by Children’s Health Defense of Meta censorship, MacRae was fired in 2021 over pre-employment TikTok posts deemed disruptive, with court rulings affirming private content moderation rights.
- Records confirm courts upheld Meta's right to moderate content, ruling its removal was a private business decision supported by multiple appellate rulings.
- Following the court’s refusal, lower-court rulings on free speech cases stand, leaving MacRae’s appeal and CHD’s censorship claims unresolved; Judicial Watch called it a missed opportunity to defend First Amendment rights.
- The Supreme Court's refusal to hear these cases signals ongoing debates over free speech, private content moderation, and public employer authority, with Justice Thomas urging future clarity on employee speech rights.
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High Court Won’t Hear Appeal Of Teacher Fired Over ‘Political’ Social Media Posts
By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | June 30, 2025 The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear arguments in a case involving a teacher who claims she was fired over social media posts expressing her views on transgenderism, immigration, and other controversial issues. Justice Clarence Thomas called the case “the latest in a trend of lower court decisions that have misapplied our First Amendment precedents in cases involving controversial polit…
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