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Federal Judge Permits Students To Sue AZ To Keep Racist School Classes
Judge A. Wallace Tashima of U.S. District Court in Tucson issued an order finding that students in the Tucson Unified School District can sue the state and challenge the constitutionality of the law that bans racially divisive courses in Arizona schools.Just before the district's governing board on Tuesday decided to suspend the controversial Mexican-American studies courses, to prevent the loss of millions of dollars of state aid, the judge decided that students have legal standing to pursue a federal case that argues the state law violates their First Amendment rights. Tashima wrote that Lopez has standing in the argument that her constitutional rights are under threat because the Mexican-American studies courses she wants to take next fall are at risk of elimination and because, under the law, the state appears to be trying to restrict her First Amendment right to the Mexican-American studies texts and materials that it finds objectionable. By providing the court a list of the classes she would take, including Mexican-American studies courses, "Lopez has established a concrete and non-speculative injury sufficient to establish standing," Tashima wrote. So students have the constitutional right to demand that schools must provide them the curriculum they want, even if it is racist, secessionist, factually incorrect and anti-American in character? Wonder if students have a constitutional right to demand schools provide them with a grounding in western civilization and traditional ethics that is egalitarian, correct and pro-American. No, on second thought I don't wonder at all... Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-12 |
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