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Today in Supreme Court History: November 7, 1922

Josh Blackman | 11.7.2019 7:00 AM

11/7/1922: Oregon enacts the Compulsory Education Act.

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Josh Blackman is a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and the President of the Harlan Institute. Follow him @JoshMBlackman.

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One response to “Today in Supreme Court History: November 7, 1922”

apedad
November.7.2019 at 7:44 am

“Today in Supreme Court History: November 7, 1922, Oregon enacts the Compulsory Education Act,” which is then overturned by Pierce v. Society of Sisters.

What a crazy case which shows how things have changed.

The CEA eliminated the exception for attendees of private schools and required compulsory attendance at public schools (which today is a leftist issue) was sponsored by the Oregon KKK back then (the KKK being anti-Catholic and Oregon having an overwhelming Protestant population in the 1920s).

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