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A Wall in Ruins: What Drummond Reveals About the Future of the Establishment Clause and Public Education
This Note examines the moral and legal implications of public education funding in the United States through the lens of John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice. It argues that the property tax-based public school funding model embeds morally arbitrary factors, such as wealth and geography, into the structure of opportunity itself, antithetical to Rawls’ principles…
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Discriminatory Censorship: How the Trump Administration is Targeting LGBTQ+ Students
By Shannon Damuth Abstract Since the inception of American education law, promoting inclusive education for all students has been a central focus, with federal, state, and local educational actors playing distinct roles in achieving this goal. January 2025 marked the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second inauguration and the start of countless attacks on this…
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Justice by zip code: a Rawlsian critique of American public k-12 school funding models
This Note examines the moral and legal implications of public education funding in the United States through the lens of John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice. It argues that the property tax-based public school funding model embeds morally arbitrary factors, such as wealth and geography, into the structure of opportunity itself, antithetical to Rawls’ principles…
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From Lau to Plyler: The Unfulfilled Commitment to ESL Education for Immigrants
As immigration to the United States has surged over the last half-century, the number of students requiring English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction has risen dramatically, yet access to quality language education remains profoundly unequal. This article analyzes the landmark Supreme Court decisions of Lau v. Nichols (1974) and Plyler v. Doe (1982), which…