POLI 4020 Chapter : Wisconsin V Yoder
Document Summary
Facts: this case came about when three amish students in wisconsin stopped attending their schools after the eighth grade due to religious practices. The state of wisconsin requires children to attend school until the age of sixteen. The student"s families believed that this law violated their 1st. They said that required schooling interfered with the amish religion and refused to abide by these laws. The families were then fined five dollars each for violating this law. Since the amish religion is a legitimate religion and the state"s law to keep the children in school would interfere with their religious practices. This would violate the student"s 1st amendment rights of freedom of religion. Outcome: the ruling was in favor of the amish families by unanimous decision. Wisconsin"s law that required school attendance was not as important as citizen"s religious practices.
