8. Lasting Impact Values in Constitution respected Constitution comes before all laws. Set Precedent
9. Political Cartoon This Cartoon shows some fears the Amish Community had about high School. What’s one fear that the Amish community had depicted in this cartoon? How accurate do you think these fears were?
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11. " Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America. Eds. Daniel Brannen, Richard Hanes, and Elizabeth Shaw. Vol. 1. Detroit: U*X*L, 2001. 5 pp. 4 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. Eastview High School. 18 Feb. 2010 <http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=mnkeviewhi>.
Editor's Notes
There is a law in Wisconsin that states that all children are required to attend school until they are 16 years old. This law has produced many conflicts between the government and the people in the Amish religion. Yoder, Yutzy, and Miller were all prosecuted because their religion believed that high school contradicted their way of life. The three men didn’t want their children attending High School. The Amish religion is against continuing school past the eighth grade. The men believed that in the Amish way of life schooling past eighth grade was not necessary. The Supreme Court in charge of the case was the court of Warner E. Burger. The lawyer for the state of Wisconsin was John W. Calhoun and the lawyer for the Respondents was William B. Ball. This case brought a lot of attention to the Constituition and more specifically the Bill of rights because it challenged the right to practice Religion freely in the US.
After almost 6 months of deliberation Burger’s court made their decision on the Wisconsin v. Yoder court case. The decision was unanimous for Yoder. The court met an overall opinion that that Yoder's interests in the free exercise of religion under the First Amendment outweighed the State's interests in compelling school attendance beyond the eighth grade. The court determined that the values and programs of secondary school were "in sharp conflict with the fundamental mode of life mandated by the Amish religion," and they felt that an additional one or two years of high school would not produce enough benefits to justify the law. Although all of the supreme court Justice’s agreed that Yoder had the rights to stop schooling, Justice William O. Douglas was in partial dissent only because he felt that the student should be part of the decision whether or not to continue onto high school his opinion was that it is the Student’s future not the parents that is being determined so the student should be involved in the process of deciding whether or not to continue to high School.
The decision of Wisconsin vs. Yoder really affected America. (pause) It sent a message to Americans that the values our early lawmakers set for us are still respected today. (pause) It showed that our country really is based upon our constitution and that the foundation of our country won’t be changed just because times are changing. (pause) It showed that the Constitution is still relevant to the United States and that it will always be treated as such. The decision also set a precedent for future cases regarding the right of religion,(pause) it showed future Judges and Justices that they should respect the right of Religion the way our early lawmakers would have wanted. (pause) Wisconsin V. Yoder showed America that the right of religion will always be valued in the Us.
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