Posted on 01/11/2006 7:18:18 AM PST by sportutegrl
When it comes to education, in fact, Alito is no conservative. Instead, he's a raging judicial activist.
Take his dissent in C.H. v. Oliva, in which a New Jersey school removed a child's poster of Jesus from a Thanksgiving display. Although the school returned the poster to the display the very next day, Alito said courts should entertain a lawsuit by the child's parents. "Public school authorities may not discriminate against student speech based on its religious content," Alito wrote. "Recognition of this important principle would not interfere with the operation of the public schools."
We disagree. Over the last four decades, courts have shown a disturbing penchant for meddling with the day-to-day operations of schools. As a result, principals and teachers have lost a good deal of the moral authority that they once possessed. In too many instances around the country, activist judges - not schools - determine what's best for American children.
And Alito has been more activist than most. Examining all of Alito's rulings and dissents in cases related to educational practice, we found that Alito was more than twice as likely as the average appellate judge to side with challengers to American schools. And in cases involving K-12 public school discipline and student expression, Alito favored challengers five times out of eight.
In Saxe v. State College Area School District, for example, Alito struck down a school anti-harassment policy that had been designed to protect gay students, among others. Why? Because conservative parents said the policy would limit students' ability "to speak out about the sinful nature and harmful effects of homosexuality." In Pope v. East Brunswick Board of Education, meanwhile, Alito censured school officials for refusing to award official recognition to a student Bible club.
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Respecting freedom of religion makes one an activist?
It does if you're a lib :(
Alito's point is this: if you are going to have one club, you have them all or you have none. That's all. The liberals can't stand that. They want only minority crapola, with majority groups eliminated.
Alito's point is this: if you are going to have one club, you have them all or you have none. That's all. The liberals can't stand that. They want only minority crapola, with majority groups eliminated.
The"reasoning" in this piece is about as convoluted as it can get. Court intervention in the running of schools has been a paradigm of the left forever.
Blows your mind....
Welcome to the journalistic stupidity that we in Philadelphia deal with every day. Is it any wonder that Phila. is the Dimocrat capitol of Pennsylvania?
You're beginning to see the problem...
Educaton peng.
"Educaton"
;-)
A few months ago I heard (from my aunt in Philly) that the state of Pennsylvania was going to make a "Black History" course mandatory for high school students to graduate. What's the latest on that?
I haven't heard about the "Black History" course but it wouldn't surprise me considering the overwhelming black population in the City public schools.
Besides, white history is just so 'racist'. {/sarcasm off}
This is supposed to be bad?
should interest you
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1428184/posts
(by the way, I was wrong, it wasnt the whole state, just the Philly school district)
It is really easy to find graduates of Philadelphia area schools, isn't it? You don't even have to spell it out for them....hahahahahahahaha......sorry!
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