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Public schooling doesn’t violate the First Amendment because it isn’t compulsory anywhere. You can always send your kids to a religious or secular private school consistent with your beliefs. The taxes assessed to support public school aren’t tuition — you pay them even if you don’t have kids.

A First Amendment right to a voucher would be an interesting argument, but would demand a pretty radical deconstruction of democratic principles, saying that individuals have a right to dictate how the government provides them services. It also creates Federalism issues because administration of education has always been a state issue, and most State constitutions have an explicit mandate for the provision of free common schools.

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Public schooling doesn’t violate the First Amendment because it isn’t compulsory anywhere.
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Really? Just ask that girl who was jailed in Texas. That happened just this week.

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A First Amendment right to a voucher would be an interesting argument, but would demand a pretty radical deconstruction of democratic principles, saying that individuals have a right to dictate how the government provides them services.

Before posting drivel, I suggest that you do a Google on the following:

Vouchers, New Orleans, After Katrina

Vouchers, Louisianna, Jindal

Vouchers, Ohio Court Ruling

Lottery Charter schools Harlem New York City

Vouchers Milwaukee

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A First Amendment right to a voucher...
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A First Amendment Right to a voucher? ( Palm slamming head)

Please tell me. Were you schooled by the government in a government K-12 school?

Also...Regarding: “You can always send your kids to a religious or secular private school consistent with your beliefs”

There are two problems with this statement:

1) Unless a parent can ransom their child by paying private school tuition or by taking on the expenses of homeschooling, they and their child are by law required to send their child into a government school. If they refuse, the government will threaten them with armed police and court action. If they are sufficiently defiant of the authorities the government might even kill them.

2) Government socialist-entitlement K-12 schools are a price-fixed monopoly. They are giving an educational service away for the price-fixed cost of tuition-free. This cartel of government price-fixed schooling creates a very hostile environment for the creation of private schooling. Many counties, such as mine, have NO private schooling. This is to be expected. What business can compete against a government protected cartel of price-fixed schools?