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Was a United States Supreme Court case affirming, by a 9-0 vote, that courts of the United States had jurisdiction to hear charges related to polygamy that is part of a religious belief, despite the free exercise clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court concluded that the the mandatory school-attendance law violated their rights under the Free Exercise Clause of Religion of the First Amendment.
- States cannot force individuals to attend school when it infringes on their First Amendment.
-The Court found no evidence that by leaving the Amish community without two years of schooling the children would be a burden on society
-The state had no proof that two extra years of school was of significant benefit
Was a United States Supreme Court case in which a Jewish Air Force officer was denied the right to wear a yarmulke when in uniform on the grounds that the Free Exercise Clause applies less strictly to the military than to ordinary citizens.
Mr. justice Stewart concurring states that he agrees with the court on their decision but also finds the dissenting opinion had an interesting point of view although during the time of the case only one child was interviewed.
Wisconsin v. Yoder, is the case in which the United States Supreme Court found that Amish children could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade which was mandated by State law. The parents' fundamental right to freedom of religion outweighed the state's interest in educating its children.
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Justice William O. Douglas, who dissented in part, wrote that the he agreed with the court on the matter that their religious freedom had been infringed and that the children should not have to be made to go to school , but believed that it should be up to the children whether or not they wanted to attend the extra two years and escape Amish life not the parents.
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