1. In Justice Burger’s majority opinion, he makes several assumptions regarding the plaintiffs’ actions. Wisconsin vs Yoder

Families1 who were members of the Amish community were convicted2 of

breaking a Wisconsin law that required minors to attend school until they were

16. The Amish traditionally remove their children from school after 8th grade, at

that time families teach their children skills needed to live a successful rural life.

The lower courts found that the Amish sincerely believed that additional formal

education for their children was contrary to the demands of their faith and

threatened the salvation of both adults and children. The Wisconsin State

Supreme Court agreed with the Yoders that Wisconsin’s compulsory schoolattendance law violated their rights under the Free Exercise of Religion Clause of

the First Amendment, made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth

Amendment. The Supreme Court of the United States was asked to review this

decision.

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