| Venue: | SCOTUS |
| Facts: | The Old Amish don't want their kids to go to the consolidated school past eighth grade, but WI has compulsory attendance. |
| Posture: | Dunno. |
| Issue: | Does this interfere with their free exercise? |
| Holding: | Yes. |
| Rule: | Free exercise trumps the states interest in universal compulsory education. |
| Reasoning: | This blatantly interferes with their religious traditions.
And the Amish are kind of an exceptional case: law-abiding, productive, and withdrawn from society. |
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