STUDENT RIGHTS WHILE IN SCHOOL STUDENT RIGHTS WHILE IN SCHOOL: While education is a significant benefit the government provides students, it imposes certain burdens, including that students at school are under school authority. Still, students do have rights that impose ...

Of all the rights to access to education, the rights of students with disabilities likely has the greatest day-to-day impact on public schools. Various federal statutes create obligations for school systems to provide educational services to students facing physical, emotional, ...

There is no judicially recognized federal constitutional right to education, as the United States Supreme Court held in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez.[1] Moreover, as far as the federal Constitution is concerned, states have no obligation to provide schooling to ...

Education law reflects the interests of many different parties in schools; the interests of parents, students, the communities in which the parents and students live and the teachers who work in schools. Furthermore, education law serves important national goals. Both ...

The Supreme Court and lower federal courts continue to struggle to develop cohesive principles to clarify the free exercise and establishment clauses’ meanings. In fact, the courts have avoided creating categorical rules and, instead, take case-by-case approaches to deciding freedom ...

The establishment clause’s text is ambiguous because it is not immediately apparent what the phrase “respecting an establishment of religion” actually prohibits. For example, some might conclude that the prohibition against laws “respecting an establishment of religion” precludes Congress from ...

Overview      In this module, we will study how the courts have applied the free exercise clause to specific legal and factual contexts. Specifically, we will consider whether: Individuals may refuse medical treatment for themselves or their children for religious reasons; ...

Overview of the Free Exercise Clause The free exercise clause of the First Amendment unquestionably provides people with the right to freely exercise their religious beliefs without the fear of interference or reprisal from the government. The right to religious ...

Overview In the United States, the right to freely practice religion is considered central to ensuring liberty, autonomy and self-determination. Freedom of religion is memorialized in the First Amendment to the Constitution, which states that “Congress shall make no law ...

Background of Freedom of the Press As Thomas Jefferson said: “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.”[1] When the Bill of Rights was written, of course, the authors were talking about ...