Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. "Instead of "teach[ing] children to respect the diversity of ideas that is fundamental to the American system," and "th

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. "Instead of "teach[ing] children to respect the diversity of ideas that is fundamental to the American system," and "that our Constitution is a living reality, not parchment preserved under glass," the Court today "teach[es] youth to discount important principles of our government as mere platitudes." The young men and women of Hazelwood East expected a civics lesson, but not the one the Court teaches them today." --Justice William J. Brennan, in dissent on said case