SJRES 16
111th Congress
Senate
Families
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
International law and treaties
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to parental rights.
Introduced: May 14, 2009
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Became law
May 14, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 14, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - States that the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right.
States that neither the United States nor any state shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its government interest as applied to the child involved is of the highest order and not otherwise served.
States that no treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this amendment.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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