[RonF]

Sorry. It was not clear to me from your statement that you were talking only about Federal involvement in public education. Has the validity of using the Commerce clause in the Constitution to do this come before the Supremes?

[Maceman]

Has the validity of using the Commerce clause in the Constitution to do this come before the Supremes?

My understanding is that stretching the Commerce Clause to cover all manner of federal involvement in our lives became SOP for the Supreme Court during the New Deal.

But I wish that someone would specifically raise the issue before the Supreme Court with respect to education. If the Commerce Clause can be expanded to cover local schools, then I would like to hear the rationale. It would be amusing -- though in a very sad way. Kind of like watching Dr. Strangelove, but with more serious real world implications.

Caleraly, one cannot rationally claim that the curriculum in a local school comes under the category of comermce between the states.