This site is a developmental version of Wiki Law School. To go to the production site: www.wikilawschool.org
West Virginia v. Barnette: Difference between revisions
From wikilawschool.net. Wiki Law School does not provide legal advice. For educational purposes only.
No edit summary |
(Students possess some level of First Amendment rights) |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
'''Jehovah's Witnesses''' take the commandment from Exodus 20, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" very religiously. | '''Jehovah's Witnesses''' take the commandment from Exodus 20, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" very religiously. | ||
|rule=[https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/227/west-virginia-state-board-of-education-v-barnette Students possess some level of First Amendment rights]. | |||
|case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link | |case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link | ||
|link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/west-virginia-state-board-of-education-v-barnette | |link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/west-virginia-state-board-of-education-v-barnette | ||
Revision as of 19:13, January 31, 2023
| West Virginia v. Barnette | |
| Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
|---|---|
| Citation | |
| Date decided | June 14, 1943 |
| Overturned | Minersville School District v. Gobitis |
Facts
Joseph Rutherford (1862 - 1942) saw a parallel between the Hitler salute in Nazi Germany (1933 - 1945) to the American schoolchildren saluting the American flag.
Jehovah's Witnesses take the commandment from Exodus 20, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" very religiously.
