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From Fox News: A high school student’s free speech battle against a North Carolina school board took an important step towards closure after a court hearing Tuesday.
Christian McGhee, 17, was suspended last year after school officials deemed he made a “racially insensitive” comment about “illegal aliens” in class. The suspension led to a year-long legal battle with the Davidson County Board of Education.
Last month, a proposed settlement was reportedly reached between McGhee’s parents and the school board. On Tuesday, Judge Thomas David Schroeder of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled that the proposed settlement was “fair, reasonable and in the best interest of [Christian],” according to a press release released Wednesday by the student’s legal representatives at the Liberty Justice Center.
In the press release, the Liberty Justice Center announced:
While the approved proposed settlement has been filed under seal, the Liberty Justice Center can confirm that the resolution will remove the false references to alleged racial bias from Christian’s record. The parties will also issue a joint statement that includes an apology from the Davidson County Board of Education and an acknowledgment of a former board member’s inappropriate response to the incident—a response that included false statements which compounded the harm to Christian.
The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit on Christian’s behalf in May 2024, after he was suspended for an April classroom discussion in which he asked whether a reference to “aliens” meant “space aliens or illegal aliens.” The school administration mischaracterized Christian’s question as racially motivated, resulting in a three-day suspension without a hearing or opportunity to appeal. The incident was also recorded in Christian’s school records as racially biased, threatening to unfairly impact his future college opportunities.
🚨VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH🚨After more than a year of litigation, the court has approved a proposed settlement for Christian McGhee, a student who was suspended for using the phrase “illegal aliens” when asking a clarifying question in class. https://t.co/ljXSDwPtmi pic.twitter.com/tLyx8A5m99
— Liberty Justice Center (@LJCenter) July 2, 2025
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