• Michigan judge rules children don't have a fundamental right to literacy
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/395231-michigan-judge-rules-kids-dont-have-a-fundamental-right-to A Michigan judge ruled last week that children do not have a fundamental right to learn how to read and write. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by Public Counsel, the nation’s largest public interest law firm, on behalf of Detroit students that sought to hold state authorities, including Gov. Rick Snyder (R), accountable for what plaintiffs alleged were systemic failures depriving children of their right to literacy, according to the Detroit Free Press. "I'm shocked," said Ivy Bailey, president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, the newspaper reported. "The message that it sends is that education is not important. And it sends the message that we don't care if you're literate or not." The suit also sought fixes to crumbling schools that, among other measures, Detroit Public Schools Community District officials reportedly said would amount to more than $500 million. The state had argued for dismissing the suit, with the city’s lawyers saying local officials are "all too familiar with illiteracy's far reaching effects." "Widespread illiteracy has hampered the City’s efforts to connect Detroiters with good-paying jobs; to fill vacancies on its police force, and to grow its tax base," said lawyers for the city. "Illiteracy, moreover, has greatly exacerbated the effects of intergenerational poverty in Detroit." U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy III acknowledged the importance of literacy in his ruling on Friday in a 40-page opinion. "Plainly, literacy — and the opportunity to obtain it — is of incalculable importance," Murphy wrote. "As plaintiffs point out, voting, participating meaningfully in civic life, and accessing justice require some measure of literacy." But he concluded that those points "do not necessarily make access to literacy a fundamental right,” adding that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the past that the importance of service "does not determine whether it must be regarded as fundamental."
Another fundamental right taken from children. Anyone even surprised? Satire and reality are now indistinguishable
what is this shit? most state constitutions establish a right to education. in fact Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. its right there in the Michigan constitution, if they are discouraging education, its unconstitutional
Then I hope the judge is btfo by the state Supreme Court.
Apparently the original meaning of the "pursuit of happiness" part of the DoI, based off of the 18th century meaning for happiness, was "the pursuit of prosperity, thriving, wellbeing". I struggle to imagine one thriving without literacy. Mind you they also talked unironically about all men being created equal while racism and slavery so maybe it's just a prank and they actually wanted their children to be illiterate peons
I don't know what scares me more: the fact that these "people" are continuing to fuck up this nation's youth or the fact that none of this even surprises me anymore.
What do these people even think children are? Because for a bunch of people that scream that embryos are human beings. They sure don't think kids are.
Another reason why I think children should be able to vote.
they are invested in keeping the poor from being politically active
Fortunately for us all, the ability to vote is our constitutional right. Unfortunately for us all, gerrymandering is probably going to continue being a major issue for the foreseeable future.
Hopefully we get passionate teachers willing to take the shitty salary to help kids learn and in the long run programs to help those who struggle reading understand how to properly vote. The education where I'm at here isn't the best but I've met some damn fired up teachers and activists who are fighting tooth and nail to make sure these people know their potential
the short explanation was they were pragmatic people, they may not have liked it but there was no other system to run a large plantation other than slavery. Washington did quite a lot to make his plantation self sufficient actually, going so far as to make his own clothing for both seasons for the slaves from scratch. its evident they had issues with the system as many of the founding fathers freed all their slaves upon their deaths in their wills.
Because the Declaration of Independence is not the law. You can't argue DOI in a court. Though it may be patriotic to make reference to it, the Constitution doesn't list education as a right anywhere. State constitutions may differ, but there's no federal right to a public education
Which makes it really funny to associate "developed" with the US I guess wealth and technological progress is sufficient for a nation to be considered developed, all the while social progress is getting stomped hard
Ever have a friend pester you for weeks to come over and watch a movie you don't really like with them, so you finally do it and then 10 minutes into the movie they just get up and leave? I guess what I'm saying is, old people shouldn't be allowed to vote
They're not their children, so they don't care. It's a worldview rooted in non-empathy. It's a fundamental inability to extend any shared human experience beyond immediate friends and family. These people literally view everybody they don't know as NPCs. It's not even "dehumanization" at this point - they never humanized them in the first place. These are the kind of people that'd slam the big red button to kill 100 random strangers for $100, over and over. Utterly lacking in any sense of empathy and humanity. Sheltered, immature, over-privileged and under-developed humans.
I bet this shithouse judge thinks working in a salt mine for twenty years then dying of cholera is "thriving", honestly.
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