The supreme court, of the corporate United states, decides San Antonio (texas) Independent School District v. Rodriguez:
- The use of property taxes to fund government-run public schools does not violate the fraudulent 14th amendment;
The Federal government has no obligation to fund education.
Postscript: Two years after this decision CONgress had increased Federal education spending by 29%.
[updated 3/2/2026]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
texas constitution of 1876, article VII, section 2
tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/cn/pdf/cn.7.pdf#7
Article I, Section 8 [Clause 18]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
Gerald Gunther, Constitutional Law, twelfth edition, (Westbury, New York: Foundation Press, 1991), 820-31.
BUDGET-2010-TAB.pdf
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BUDGET-2010-TAB/pdf/BUDGET-2010-TAB.pdf
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/411/1/#tab-opinion-1950219