Should parents have more rights to sue private schools for expelling their children over things the parents did or said? And if so, what kind of precedent would that set — not only for private education in North Carolina, but for any business kicking out an irate customer?

Those questions came before North Carolina’s highest court Wednesday as they heard arguments in a case brought by a conservative political activist whose children were booted from a prestigious North Carolina private school while the parent fought with school administrators over Covid-era mask requirements and the school's actions surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement.

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