...child is not "the mere creature of the state," and that the state could not unreasonably interfere with "the liberty of parents and guardians to direct...upbringing and education of children under their control." Over subsequent decades, the Supreme Court prohibited unreasonable regulation of private and religious...

...the landmark Pierce v. Society of Sisters Supreme Court decision of 1925, Justice McReynolds notes, "The liberty of parents and guardians to direct the...upbringing and education of children under their control is vital to the health of America."88 Often called the Magna Carta of private schools, this decision...

...due process holding in Meyer, McReynolds wrote that the Oregon law was unconstitutional because it "unreasonably interferes with the liberty of parents...upbringing and education of children under their control." In the most famous passage of his Pierce opinion, McReynolds reiterated the Court's commitment to protecting...

...issue to Meyer was not a great stretch of Constitutional logic. McReynolds stated Oregon's statute "unreasonably interferes with the liberty of parents...to direct the upbringing and education of children . . . The child is not the mere creature of the state." 8 Thus, the Fourteenth Amendment's "liberty"...

...McReynolds, referencing the precedent of two years prior, declared: Under the doctrine of Meyer v. Nebraska, we think it entirely plain that the Act of 1922 unreasonably...upbringing and education of children under their control. . . . [R]ights guaranteed by the Constitution may not be abridged by legislation which has no reasonable...

...have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations. "We think it entirely plain that the act of 1922 unreasonably...upbringing and education of children under their control." (1943) merit. These rights, the Court held, were threatened with destruction through this unwarranted...

...case, a state law requiring public school education was overturned by the US Supreme Court. It said, [T]he act of 1922 unreasonably interferes with the...upbringing and education of children under their control... The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general...

...US Supreme Court emphatically and unanimously agreed: We think it entirely plain that the Act . . . unreasonably interferes with the liberty of parents...upbringing and education of children under their control. . . . The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any...

...510, 534-35 (1922) (". . . we think it entirely plain that the Act of 1922 unreasonably interfered with the liberty of parents and guardians to direct...upbringing and education of children under their control"). 25. See United States v. Caroline Products Corp., 304 US 144, 152 n.4 (1938). 26. 316 US 535(1942)....

...unconstitutional an Oregon statute forbidding children to attend parochial school, basing the decision on "The liberty of parents and guardians to direct the...upbringing and education of children under their control." 8. In Loving v. Virginia, 388 US 1 (1967), the Court struck down a state statute criminalizing interracial...