THE 1970S 1969 1979
SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE
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Question
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Life in an Amish Community is essential for practicing this faith.
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The Wisconsin law interferes with the free exercise of religion for the Amish.
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Education through age 16 is necessary for students to achieve economic self-reliance.
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It is the parents’ liberty to direct the upbringing of their children.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dissenting opinion Douglas, who dissented in part, wrote: I agree with the Court that the religious scruples of the Amish are opposed to the education of their children beyond the grade schools, yet I disagree with the Court’s conclusion that the matter is within the dispensation of parents alone.
Detailed explanation-2: -Yoder, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on May 15, 1972, ruled (7–0) that Wisconsin’s compulsory school attendance law was unconstitutional as applied to the Amish (primarily members of the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church), because it violated their First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this case, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that Amish parents could remove their children from public schools after the 8th grade as an exercise of their right to religious freedom.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Wisconsin v. Yoder, the Court prioritized free exercise of religion over the state interest in an educated populace. The Court ruled that the individual liberty to worship freely outweighed the state’s interest in forcing students to attend school.