Colorado Teachers Continue Flirtation With Communism
What's happening in Colorado is precisely what the U.S. Supreme Court tried to prevent decades ago. In 1952, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold...
What's happening in Colorado is precisely what the U.S. Supreme Court tried to prevent decades ago. In 1952, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold a New York state law prohibiting communists from teaching in public schools. Dubbed the Feinberg Law — the New York statute banned from the teaching profession anyone who called for the overthrow of the government. The 6-3 decision, specifically crafted to keep communism out of the classroom, supported the belief that '(T)he state had a constitutional right to protect the immature minds of children in its public schools from subversive propaganda, subtle or otherwise, disseminated by those ‘to whom they look for guidance, authority and leadership.