Does the Contstitution guarantee a right to education?
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Great question.\n\nThe short answer is no.  There is no federally guaranteed right to a free education.  \n\nBut the longer answer is that free public education was in place in America before the Revolutionary War and it has been an ingrained part of our civic lives for hundreds of years.  It's probably not in the constitution because:  1) it's so universal, the founders didn't see a need; and 2) education being a local issue, the founders didn't believe the federal government should be involved in it.\n\nAnd though there's no federal right to an education, there is a state right to an education.  Almost all states guarantee a right to a free education in their consititutions.  For instance, New York State's constitution says, "The  legislature  shall  provide  for the maintenance and   support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children  of this state may be educated."  And every state has extensive laws which guarantee a free and apropriate public education to every child.\n\nIn 1979, the federal government established the Department of Education to oversee the provision of education by the states. \n\nWhether created by statute or not, a long line of court cases insist that education, having been given by the government, cannot now be taken away.  And that makes it a right.
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Well, theoretically, no.  The 1st amendment of the Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, but the Supreme Court has long recognized certain types of words are not protected by the first amendment, including fighting words and obscene photography.
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No.  That right is reserved for citizens and legal residents.\n\nThey do not have "civil rights."  They have "human rights."  This is an important distinction.  Also, to infer that the Constitution is bestowing rights on illegals is like assuming that illegals have the right to bear arms and vote.  "The people" in the Constitution very specifically means "the citizens" of the USA.\n\nWikipedia\nCivil Rights\nCivil rights are the protections and privileges of personal liberty given to all citizens by law. Civil rights are distinguished from "human rights" or "natural rights"—civil rights are rights that are bestowed by nations on those within their territorial boundaries, while natural or human rights are rights that many scholars claim ought to belong to all people.
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It is no more illegal to belong to a communist party than Democrat or Republican. The constitution guarantees freedom of speech. Schools do have a right to regulate the curriculum taught in their classrooms; however.
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According to the US Constitution, each state is responsible for education within state borders....It will vary...my school has no final exams...the state has exams and courses that the student must show proficiency  in/on.
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Yes, the constitution does allow the rights of freedom speech, assembly, and religious practice in the 1st amendment.  But because these rights sometimes conflict with eachother (like in your scenario), its pretty safe to say that you have right and liberties as long as they dont interfere with anyone else, or cause other people malicious harm.
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I suspect your question is rhetorical, and you know the answer is no.  Natural rights are what we have just for being human beings, such as mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, AMONG THESE (not all of them) are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.\n\nPrivileges are just that; something which is granted by an authority and can be taken away by that authority.  Name one privilege the U.S. government has granted to all citizens?  The "right" to vote is actually a privilege, since it can be taken away by the government, and is if you are convicted of a felony, if you swear allegiance to another country, probably other reasons.
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http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Article1
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as in we have a right to live in peace, without fear of being killed, harmed , toutured or imprisonet aginast our will, ot have our civil liberties violated .ect... who guanrantees it?\nwe do\nmy role in your right\nnoly to defend it if need be, otherwise you are free to puruse your life as you see fit
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Every human being should have the opportunity to make a better life for themselves. Unfortunately, too many children in the world today grow up without this chance, because they are denied their basic right to even attend primary school. A sustainable end to world poverty as we know it, as well as the path to peace and security, require that citizens in every country are empowered to make positive choices and provide for themselves and their families. This can only be achieved if all the children of the world are given the chance to learn in a high-quality schooling environment at least through primary school.
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Have you ever read the UN Declaration of Rights? It's complete horse manure! It has things in it like the "right to electricity" or the "right to a job" those aren't rights, those are things that must be earned, not provided by a government at the expense of taxpayers. As a U.S. Citizen, I don't want my government committing me to some treaty that's been endorsed by a bunch of dictators and autocrats.
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The right of a state to leave the Union, and the lack of the ability to compromise
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No because there should be a right to free medical care (as in the British Health Service) and to free education throughout life (Life-Long Learning).\n\nWhat bothers me is that some people have to pay, when it should be free for everyone as of right in a civilised society.
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The main way it affects such a case is that it forbids the states from denying to any person within its jurisdiction the "equal protection of the laws." Thus, the state must provide the same educational opportunities to minoritiy students as to everyone else.
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reservations are total disaster for any country. no government has the right to play with the potential of its youth. \nbesides giving reservations, there should be financial aid given to these students and for that matter any deserving student through scholorships and other means.
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No!  I don't believe that education past secondary schools should be a right. The problem with our present system is everyone "should go to college" this means watering down our system to deal with the "lowest common denominator". Which, in turn, gives people a false sense of their education and knowledgebase. "I hav a colage dregre!"... well, you're still not very smart!
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Well, they did give them equal rights and the right to vote. There are also cases of affirmative action (choosing a person for a job or college because they are of a different race; it's also called reverse racism).