4 июн 1923 г. - Meyer v. Nebraska

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Meyer v. Nebraska was the first major Supreme Court case to discuss language in education. Meyer was a teacher at a school in Nebraska, where it was illegal to teach in a language other than English. This law came from the World War I era, when anti-immigrant sentiment was high. When Meyer was found to be teaching German to a student, he was found in violation of the law,

The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause, which protects individuals' "liberty". The Court acknowledged that "the state has an interest in having citizens that can engage in discourse" (i.e., can all speak the same language), but said that this was too far and was an 'undue burden' on the liberty of people to speak whichever language they please.

This case actually began a string of cases that interpret the Due Process Clause to have broad protections, including, later on, Roe v. Wade.

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