Schools Ordered to Observe "Constitution Day"
Does anyone else see the irony here?
So, Congress can tell schools to teach about the document that says that Congress can't tell schools what to teach.
The Constitution long has ensured that Congress can’t tell schools what to teach. But that’s no longer the case for at least one topic — the Constitution itself.
The Education Department outlined Tuesday how it plans to enforce a little-known provision that Congress passed in 2004: Every school and college that receives federal money must teach about the Constitution on Sept. 17, the day the document was adopted in 1787.
So, Congress can tell schools to teach about the document that says that Congress can't tell schools what to teach.







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