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OPINION: The child is not a mere creature of the State

by CHRIS CARGILL/Guest Opinion
| June 8, 2025 1:00 AM

Parental rights are not something the government gives, and any free society should never permit it to be so.

This week, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the landmark decision Pierce v. Society of Sisters. In that case, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that "the child is not the mere creature of the State."

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