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Sonia Sotomayor Slams Attorney Who Claims Parents Do Not Sue Schools: ‘I Have A Whole List Of Cases’
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During the oral arguments for 'Mahmoud v. Taylor', Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned an attorney about cases of parents suing schools over classroom content.
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Well, just to be clear, under Yoder, the court left open what would happen if there were kids who objected.
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But we know that these things, you know, schools around the country already have these very broad opt-out policies
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across the curriculum in Hawaii for anything controversial, in Arizona for anything that parents find deem harmful.
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And we just don't find these kinds of cases or these kinds of burdens where parents are bringing extreme examples.
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You know, parents with kids really don't have a lot of time to be suing the school board, and they're looking for a reasonable compromise.
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I have a whole list of cases where parents have objected to biographical, I'm quoting,
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biographical material about women who have been recognized for achievements outside of their home,
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because some people believe women should not work.
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So, too, parents have objected to teachers reading books featuring divorce, interfaith marriage, or in modest dress.
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Forget about the evolution, because that's come, too.
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You've just said, are these all coercive?
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Well, again, whatever coercive means, they could create a burden.
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This court has defined burden very simply, that if someone is trying to exercise a sincere religious belief
01:12
and the government is prohibiting or inhibiting their ability to exercise that, that creates a burden.
01:16
If someone's prohibiting just looking at something that they object to, that that's burdening their religion?
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Again, we don't see these cases arise in reality.
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For reality's sake, you see interfaith couples all the time walking around.
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You see interracial couples walking around.
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You see women on this court in positions of work outside the home.
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And no one here is raising a burden in that situation.
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We're far beyond that word of indoctrination.
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But there are cases to that effect in schools.
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And those cases...
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Tell me where you're going to draw the line.
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Other than saying that if anyone objects to a book, well, you want more than that,
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because the request here is to instruct the school to tell you its curricula,
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to guess at what you might find offensive, and then let you opt out.
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Because that's the injunction you're asking for, isn't it?
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You're asking for the ability for schools to provide you with the information about what's being taught,
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and if you object to it on religious grounds, to opt out.
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Your Honor, I see my light is on. May I answer the question?
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You may, yes.
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Your Honor, even under Yoder, without Yoder, under a Smith regime,
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in here, those things would trigger strict scrutiny.
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If you're in a regime where there's direct discrimination like we have here,
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we have students who are being told that they can opt out for certain religious reasons,
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but not other religious reasons, and that's always going to get you to strict scrutiny.
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Thank you, Councilor.
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