POLI 4021 Chapter : Brief 3
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Facts: jonas yoder, wallace miller, and adin yutzy were all part of the amish. Iii. religion, which does not believe in sending children to public or private schools (compulsory education) past eighth grade. However, wisconsin had a compulsory education law which required all children to attend public or private schools until the age of sixteen. Yoder, miller, and yutzy argued that the compulsory education law was violating their first and fourteenth. The lower court found them guilty and they were each fined . When they took the case to the wisconsin supreme court, they won. However, the wisconsin supreme court suggested the united states. Issue: 1) did the application of the compulsory education law violate the rights of yoder, miller, and yutzy under the first and fourteenth. The amish object to high school, and more generally higher education, because it goes against all of their religious beliefs.
