The First Freedoms Foundation has issued a press release (Oct. 2nd) that reports:
First Freedoms case Michael C. v. Gresbach has gone to the United States Supreme Court. Attorneys Michael Dean and Stephen Crampton represent Michael and Cherita C. and their children, and have filed a brief on their behalf . . .
They’re opposing a petition filed by the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare asking the high court to reverse lower court decisions in favor of the family.
The Bureau’s petition raises two crucial questions for parents across the country: (1) Does the Fourth Amendment protect children in private schools on private property? and (2) Must families fear social workers entering private schools any time they think it’s “reasonable” to question children or remove their clothing for “visual inspections” without the parents’ knowledge or permission?
The Eastern District Court of Wisconsin and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago both rejected the Bureau’s arguments on those questions. But the Bureau doesn’t seem able to read the scoreboard. They’ve now taken the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to review the 7th Circuit’s decision handed down May 19.
Dean said he expects the Supreme Court to decide sometime in the next several months whether to hear the case . . .
