Plett was placed under arrest. The officers followed her into the bedroom where she was permitted to change her clothes. Before being taken to nearby Gelsenkirchen prison, she was permitted to contact her husband, who had fled the country the day before with their 12 children. "
Good grief, the "offenders" were not even in the country. So you would think that the state at some point would concede that if they were not within their jurisdiction, then the state interest would start to wane?
This is about intimidation, making an example. It's not about a compelling state interest in this particular instance.
This is also the goal of those who oppose Hone Schooling in California. Which is becoming very unfriendly to HS.