Court upholds English-only instruction in California

The Washington Times ^

[hoosierskypilot]

A federal appeals court has ruled that California voters acted constitutionally when they scrapped bilingual education and ordered that children be "taught English by being taught in English."

"The record contains no evidence that Proposition 227 was motivated by racial animus," the three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday.

[hoosierskypilot]

Actually a good move on the coast. Can't assimilate people if they don't speak the language.

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[freebilly]

"The record contains no evidence that Proposition 227 was motivated by racial animus," the three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday.

Wow! This is huge news from the 9th Circus Cord of Ape Eels. Wonder what could have motivated the court to rule correctly?

[GaryMontana]

Perhaps they feared that when they grow old they don't want to be in an old people's home with workers who don't speak a word of English.

[freebilly]

Perhaps they feared that when they grow old they don't want to be in an old people's home with workers who don't speak a word of English.

Hehehehehe!!!

[calawah98]

Will wonders never cease!! Great news for a change.

[LiteKeeper]

great decision

[heleny]

The Pacific Legal Foundation said Gov. Pete Wilson, a Republican, asked it to defend the new law [proposition 227] and Democratic Gov. Gray Davis sought to exclude the foundation from the case when he succeeded Mr. Wilson.

Davis always claims he is trying to improve education; instead, he, the teachers union, MALDEF, and other organized groups purporting to represent Hispanics were trying to defeat the law that Californians, including most Hispanic voters, passed by a wide margin to help foreign-speaking students learn English.

Davis won't uphold laws that Californians pass if anybody challenges the law in court. See what happened to prop 187? He did not defend our interests at all in that case, and he tried to exclude supporters of 227 in the challenge to that. Luckily for us and for English-learning children, the 9th Circuit Court upheld 227. Dump Davis!