Abstract
When two fundamental rights are in conflict, such that the protection of one requires the infringement of the other, courts must weigh those rights against each other to determine which is ultimately greater. In Frazier v. Winn, the Eleventh Circuit dealt with precisely such an issue: specifically, the rights of parents pitted against those of their children. This note explores the history of both parental rights and student's rights in school to show why the court appropriately affirmed that children's right to free speech is only as expansive as their parents allow, justified by the parents' fundamental right to rear their children as they see fit.
Recommended Citation
Jocelyn Floyd,
The Power of the Parental Trump Card: How and Why Frazier v. Winn Got It Right,
85
Chi.-Kent L. Rev.
791
(2010).
Available at:
https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol85/iss2/11
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