Public Schools Shouldn’t Be Fiefdoms of Government Speech

A new Nebraska lawsuit seeks to free students and parents from government indoctrination in classrooms.

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Parent Justin Jacobsen has had it with Lincoln, Nebraska’s public schools. He’s therefore paid tens of thousands of dollars to educate his youngest children outside the government monopoly. Now, he’s taking legal action against state officials, asking the court to declare unconstitutional the state’s pressure to send his kids to public schools.

Today, Jacobsen filed suit in Lancaster County, Nebraska, District Court to preserve his freedom of speech in educating his children. This case heralds a new direction in constitutional jurisprudence that seeks to secure not only parents’ speech rights but also better education for children.

Philip Hamburger

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Philip Hamburger

Philip Hamburger teaches at Columbia Law School and is the chief executive officer of the New Civil Liberties Alliance.

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