The fight for parents’ rights
Attorney General Jason Miyares today led a 16-state coalition in filing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect parents’ fundamental rights to make decisions about their children’s welfare.
In 2021, a Wisconsin school district implemented guidelines allowing students to change their gender identity at school – including names, pronouns, and use of facilities like locker rooms and bathrooms – without parental notification or consent. A group of concerned parents from the district filed a complaint, arguing that the policy violated their rights. However, both the district court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the case, holding that the parents lacked standing to bring federal claims.
The 16-state coalition is now urging the Supreme Court to hear this case and reiterate that parents have the right to be involved in their children’s educational and personal development.
“Parents have the right to be involved in major decisions affecting their children’s lives. This case presents an opportunity for the U.S. Supreme Court to provide much-needed clarity and reaffirm that government officials cannot override parents’ fundamental rights simply because they believe they know better,” said Attorney General Jason Miyares. “It is essential that schools work with parents, not against them, to support a child’s wellbeing.”
Attorney General Miyares is joined by the States of Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.
Read a copy of the amicus brief here.
July 12, 2024 @ 3:20 pm
I did not believe this was possible until I moved to Lexington, KY. The state believed my own child’s lie and it’s taken over $20k and 7 months of court and we still haven’t got our children back or even got to the truth in court. The state has an excessive amount of power in an innate right to raise our own children. Are you next?
July 9, 2024 @ 2:19 pm
What you stated is what the brief is about and as it should be. Certain schools across the country were are and are trying to exclude parents from childs school life/activities as well as pushing certain agendas. This is what the brief is about.
As far as crime goes, just ask yourself where does the majority of violent crime happen and how the majority of people in those areas usually vote. In all states.
July 9, 2024 @ 2:12 pm
What group of children does this brief exclude? Should not the parents know what is going on at school with their children?
This is what the brief is about.
July 9, 2024 @ 10:03 am
Jason i wish you cared about all the children not just some of them. I do not want to see you in any higher political office.
July 9, 2024 @ 9:17 am
Haven’t heard much from him since he was going to rid the Commonwealth of violent crimes and fentanyl.
No schools that I attended or my children attended were doing any of the things in this brief. This is a solution looking for a problem. Teachers are supposed to be teaching. Parents raise their children. If a child is terrified to tell a parent or guardian anything, that is a bigger issue than a teacher should be dealing with.