ERIC Number: EJ1147243
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Gorsuch, the Judicious Judge: A Common-Sense Approach to Education Issues
Bolick, Clint
Education Next, v17 n3 p34-40 Sum 2017
This article discusses concerns about how Neil M. Gorsuch, a U.S. Supreme Court nominee, might influence decisions regarding cases involving the appropriate scope of services guaranteed by federal special-education law, government aid to religious institutions providing educational services, and how intellectual property law applies to sports uniform design and other education-related decisions. After reviewing roughly two dozen of the major cases in which Gorsuch has ruled, the author states that he found Gorsuch's work to be sensible, law-bound, and quite readable. In this article, the author sketches out some features of Gorsuch's jurisprudence and describes specific decisions with relevance for education. The following topics are discussed: (1) similarities and differences with Antonin Scalia; (2) education decisions; and (3) key decisions outside education.
Descriptors: Federal Courts, Judges, Personnel Selection, Decision Making, Politics of Education, Legal Problems, Discipline, Special Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Freedom of Speech, Agencies, Constitutional Law, State Church Separation, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Court Litigation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Rodriguez v San Antonio Independent School District
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