Filed Chino Valley Amicus Brief
Standing up for Parental Rights
Parents’ right to direct the education of their children is in jeopardy. In California, AB1955 codifies, statewide, schools keeping secrets from parents. Premised on the legal falsity that kids have a right to privacy from their parents, schools are facilitating social “transitions” of kids and lying to parents about it.
This is totally unconstitutional and cannot stand.
Today, the Center for American Liberty filed an amicus brief in Chino Valley USD v. Newsom, a case challenging the constitutionality of AB1955. Specifically, our brief argues that AB1955 violates parents’ fundamental rights under both the Substantive Due Process Clause and the Speech Clause of the United States Constitution as affirmed in Meyer v. Nebraska and more recently in Mahmoud v. Taylor.
“A parents’ right to opt their child out of objectionable lessons presumes that parents have a right to know what is being taught in their child’s classroom,” said Mark Trammell, CEO of the Center for American Liberty. “Schools have no right to rename a child or give a child a new identity. This cult-like behavior on the part of school officials is not healthy for kids and erodes trust between parent and teachers.”