wisconsin v yoder dissenting opinion

Douglas, J., filed an opinion dissenting in part.

70—110 Argued Dec. 8, 1971. State of WISCONSIN, Petitioner, v. Jonas YODER et al. The question, therefore, is squarely before us. It is the student's judgment, not his parents', that is essential if we are to give full meaning to what we have said about the Bill of Rights and of the right of students to be masters of their own destiny. To do so he will have to break from the Amish tradition.[2]. Burger, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, and Blackmun, JJ., joined. ^ .

The matter should be explicitly reserved so that new hearings can be held on remand of the case.[4]. 423, 434 n. 51 (1968). ^ .

1. Beyond this, they have carried the difficult burden of demonstrating the adequacy of their alternative mode of continuing informal vocational education in terms of the overall interests that the State relies on in support of its program of compulsory high school education.

That is contrary to what we held in United States v. Seeger, 380 U.S. 163, where we were concerned with the meaning of the words "religious training and belief" in the Selective Service Act, which were the basis of many conscientious objector claims. 70-110  Argued: December 8, 1971 --- Decided: May 15, 1972. What we do today, at least in this respect, opens the way to give organized religion a broader base than it has ever enjoyed; and it even promises that in time Reynolds will be overruled. 49 Wis. 2d 430, 440, 182 N. W. 2d 539, 543. The difficulty with this approach is that, despite the Court's claim, the parents are seeking to vindicate not only their own free exercise claims, but also those of their high-school-age children. This construction avoids imputing to Congress an intent to classify different religious beliefs, exempting some and excluding others, and is in accord with the well-established congressional policy of equal treatment for those whose opposition to service is grounded in their religious tenets." We have so held over and over again. A religion is a religion irrespective of what the misdemeanor or felony records of its members might be. Aided by a history of three centuries as an identifiable religious sect and a long history as a successful and self-sufficient segment of American society, the Amish have demonstrated the sincerity of their religious beliefs, the interrelationship of belief with their mode of life, the vital role that belief and daily conduct play in the continuing survival of Old Order Amish communities, and the hazards presented by the State's enforcement of a statute generally valid as to others. Powell and Rehnquist, JJ., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

I agree with the Court that the religious scruples of the Amish are opposed to the education of their children beyond the grade schools, yet I disagree with the Court's conclusion that the matter is within the dispensation of parents alone. Our opinions are full of talk about the power of the parents over the child's education.

Case Summary of Wisconsin v. Yoder: Members of the Amish religion, including Jonas Yoder, refused to send their children to school beyond the 8 th grade for religious reasons. And I see that the military complex wastes both human and material resources, that it fosters disregard for (what I consider a paramount concern) human needs and ends; I see that the means we employ to "defend" our "way of life" profoundly change that way of life. Comment, 1971 Wis. L. Rev.

In another way, however, the Court retreats when in reference to Henry Thoreau it says his "choice was philosophical and personal rather than religious, and such belief does not rise to the demands of the Religion Clauses." And we have in the past analyzed similar conflicts between parent and State with little regard for the views of the child. They are possessed of fundamental rights which the State must respect, just as they themselves must respect their obligations to the State." Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Donald E. Showalter for the Mennonite Central Committee; by Boardman Noland and Lee Boothby for the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists; by William S. Ellis for the National Council of the Churches of Christ; by Nathan Lewin for the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs; and by Leo Pfeffer for the Synagogue Council of America et al. 832, 852 n. 132. See Prince v. Massachusetts, supra. We said: "Within that phrase would come all sincere religious beliefs which are based upon a power or being, or upon a faith, to which all else is subordinate or upon which all else is ultimately dependent.

Id., at 343. Pp. I therefore join the judgment of the Court as to respondent Jonas Yoder. Children far younger than the 14- and 15-year-olds involved here are regularly permitted to testify in custody and other proceedings. If a parent keeps his child out of school beyond the grade school, then the child will be forever barred from entry into the new and amazing world of diversity that we have today. The evidence also showed that respondents sincerely believed that high school attendance was contrary to the Amish religion and way of life and that they would endanger their own salvation and that of their children by complying with the law. The maturity of Amish youth, who identify with and assume adult roles from early childhood, see M. Goodman, The Culture of Childhood 92-94 (1970), is certainly not less than that of children in the general population. Amish Society 283. United States v. Seeger, 380 U.S., at 192-193 (concurring opinion).

With him on the brief was Joseph G. Skelly. Pp. Ibid.

But, as Mr. Justice Brennan, speaking for the Court, has so recently pointed out, "The Court [in Prince] implicitly held that the custodian had standing to assert alleged freedom of religion...rights of the child that were threatened in the very litigation before the Court and that the child had no effective way of asserting herself."

215-219. App. It is, of course, beyond question that the parents have standing as defendants in a criminal prosecution to assert the religious interests of their children as a defense. John W. Calhoun, Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, argued the cause for petitioner. Casad, Compulsory High School Attendance and the Old Order Amish: A Commentary on State v. Garber, 16 Kan. L. Rev. In so ruling, the Court departs from the teaching of Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, 164 , where it was said concerning the reach of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, "Congress was deprived of all legislative power over mere opinion, but was left free to reach actions which were in violation of social duties or subversive of good order." The observation of Justice Heffernan, dissenting below, that the principal opinion in his court portrayed the Amish as leading a life of "idyllic agrarianism," is equally applicable to the majority opinion in this Court. United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78. Respondents have amply supported their claim that enforcement of the compulsory formal education requirement after the eighth grade would gravely endanger if not destroy the free exercise of their religious beliefs. ^ . First, respondents' motion to dismiss in the trial court expressly asserts, not only the religious liberty of the adults, but also that of the children, as a defense to the prosecutions. The court below brushed aside the students' interests with the offhand comment that "[w]hen a child reaches the age of judgment, he can choose for himself his religion." The test might be stated in these words: A sincere and meaningful belief which occupies in the life of its possessor a place parallel to that filled by the God of those admittedly qualifying for the exemption comes within the statutory definition. The evidence showed that the Amish provide continuing informal vocational education to their children designed to prepare them for life in the rural Amish community. Id., at 631. But Frieda Yoder's views may not be those of Vernon Yutzy or Barbara Miller. Frieda Yoder has in fact testified that her own religious views are opposed to high-school education. And, if an Amish child desires to attend high school, and is mature enough to have that desire respected, the State may well be able to override the parents' religiously motivated objections.

So, too, is his observation that such a portrayal rests on a "mythological basis." The essence of Welsh's philosophy, on the basis of which we held he was entitled to an exemption, was in these words: "'I believe that human life is valuable in and of itself; in its living; therefore I will not injure or kill another human being. On this important and vital matter of education, I think the children should be entitled to be heard. Id., at 300. As the child has no other effective forum, it is in this litigation that his rights should be considered. Canvassing the views of all school-age Amish children in the State of Wisconsin would not present insurmountable difficulties. A significant number of Amish children do leave the Old Order. See, e. g., J. Piaget, The Moral Judgment of the Child (1948); D. Elkind, Children and Adolescents 75-80 (1970); Kohlberg.

It is the future of the student, not the future of the parents, that is imperiled by today's decision. Id., at 511. This issue has never been squarely presented before today. See Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510; Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390. Pp. "Students in school as well as out of school are `persons' under our Constitution. Crucial, however, are the views of the child whose parent is the subject of the suit. The Court's analysis assumes that the only interests at stake in the case are those of the Amish parents on the one hand, and those of the State on the other. Stewart, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Brennan, J., joined. Ball argued the cause for respondents. Id., at 637. In light of this showing, and weighing the minimal difference between what the State would require and what the Amish already accept, it was incumbent on the State to show with more particularity how its admittedly strong interest in compulsory education would be adversely affected by granting an exemption to the Amish. On the contrary: it is essential to every human relation. Id., at 342. See, e. g., Callicott v. Callicott, 364 S. W. 2d 455 (Civ. I see that in our failure to recognize the political, social, and economic realities of the world, we, as a nation, fail our responsibility as a nation.'" Rates up to 50% have been reported by others. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) is the case in which the United States Supreme Court found that Amish children could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade, as it violated their parents' fundamental William B.

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