The Amish Heritage Foundation is holding its 2nd annual conference, Overturning WI v. Yoder: Making Education a Federal Right for All Children, at Columbia University on Saturday, November 16.

When was Wisconsin v Yoder overturned?

The organization's mission is to overturn Wisconsin v. Yoder, the 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows Amish parents to forgo compulsory education for their children after the eighth grade. The foundation is sponsoring a Nov. 16 conference in New York titled “Overturning WI v.

What was the decision of Wisconsin v Yoder?

Yoder, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on May 15, 1972, ruled (7–0) that Wisconsin's compulsory school attendance law was unconstitutional as applied to the Amish (primarily members of the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church), because it violated their First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.