[Durus]

given the government's compelling interest to see that children who do not receive the freely provided public education...

Your only explanation of the states "compelling" interest is the state seeing that a child does not end up on welfare or slinging burgers. It is not within the delegated powers of government to provide every child with career counseling. Suggesting that the welfare system provides compelling interest, as government does not have this enumerated delegated power, only calls in question the fundamental reasoning behind the welfare system.

As someone that pays taxes I would also like to point out that your characterization of the public educational system being "free" is clearly erroneous. In fact we have never paid more for the educational system. I don't see the return for the spending but then I can't find the part of the constitution that enumerates the power of "education".

What we need is a clear wall of separation between school and state.

[cornelis]

I would also like to point out that your characterization of the public educational system being "free" is clearly erroneous. In fact we have never paid more for the educational system.

Good point. Also, the article appropriately cites HSLDA: " the organization did note that the judge's words did not change New Jersey law. "In order to protect individual freedoms, the founders of our nation wanted to be sure that governmental powers did not become overly concentrated. To prevent this, they wisely split power into three branches – legislative, judicial and executive. As the founders conceived it, the judicial branch has no power to make new laws. That power belongs to the legislature working through representatives elected by the people," the group said in a statement.