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:

6/15/1982                  6/25/1982                    9/6/2020

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

Current U.s. National Debt:

$38,857,671,304,563

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