Judge strikes down DeVos plan to boost pandemic relief for private schools

Politico ^ | Sept 4, 2020 | Michael Stratford

[where's_the_Outrage?]

A federal judge on Friday ruled that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ effort to boost the amount of emergency pandemic relief that flows to private school students is illegal and struck down the policy.

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that DeVos ran afoul of the CARES Act when she required public schools to send a greater share of pandemic assistance to private school students than is typically required under federal law....

But in her 13-page decision on Friday, Friedrich ruled that DeVos had it wrong, writing that “Congress expressed a clear and unambiguous preference for apportioning funding to private schools based on the number of children from low-income families.”

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Low income families cannot afford private schools nor can private schools afford to subsidize them. So to qualify for more funding the schools need to take in more unfunded students, sounds like a catch-22.

[Skywise]

Unfortunately sounds like a legitimate and proper ruling.

This is why we must elect proper legislators as well.

[House Atreides]

“Unfortunately sounds like a legitimate and proper ruling.”
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Possibly. But she was confirmed (97-3) with only token DemocRAT opposition which makes me think the ‘RATS knew something about her personal beliefs.

[TBP]

That’s exactly the point. If the kids get a better education, they have a better chance of escaping the clutches of “progressive” Democrats. And that is not allowed. “Progressives” view minorities as property — THEIR property. And you don’t educate your slaves.

[TBP]

Find a way.

[pepsi_junkie]

Solution: vouchers. Get underprivileged kids out of crappy government schools run by Marxist teachers.

[loveliberty2]

The time has come to give so-called "Millenials" the only real history lesson they may have ever heard regarding the ideas of liberty underlying their Constitution's limitations on government power.

Perhaps a member of the very first Supreme Court, one appointed by none other than President Washington, may have left words of wisdom for such a time as this:

"The only real security of liberty, in any country, is the jealousy and circumspection of the people themselves. Let them be watchful over their rulers. Should they find a combination against their liberties, and all other methods appear insufficient to preserve them, they have, thank God, an ultimate remedy. That power which created the government can destroy it. Should the government, on trial, be found to want amendments, those amendments can be made in a regular method, in a mode prescribed by the Constitution itself [...]. We have [this] watchfulness of the people, which I hope will never be found wanting." - Elliot, 4:130 - Justice James Iredell (NC) - Appointed by Pres. Washington to first US Supreme Court

The time may have come for a rejection of the tired old ideas of tyranny which dominate so-called "progressive" politics of 2016.

Rather than being dispirited, we might examine what the Founders of the American Republic called, the role of "Divine Providence," whose pathway to the minds and hearts of youth can bypass even the most ardent and determined efforts of those so-called "progressives."

Now that "progressive/socialistic" politicians have captured their attention, these Republicans, who have called themselves "conservatives," have some responsibility for directing attention of youth to the ideas of the Founders, all to be found online now, not in some dark stacks on remote floors of university libraries.

For instance, last year's Sons of Liberty portrayal of Samuel Adams might allow these "Republican leaders" to introduce to Millenials his clearly-articulated understanding of liberty versus tyranny, as well as Adams clear understanding of the dangers of something he called "leveling"--today's "progressive" idea of "equalizing."

"The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have receiv'd them as a fair Inheritance from our worthy Ancestors: They purchas'd them for us with toil and danger and expence of treasure and blood; and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle; or be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men. Of the latter we are in most danger at present: Let us therefore be aware of it. Let us contemplate our forefathers and posterity; and resolve to maintain the rights bequeath'd to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. - Instead of sitting down satisfied with the efforts we have already made, which is the wish of our enemies, the necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that "if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom." It is a very serious consideration, which should deeply impress our minds, that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." Samuel Adams - Essay in the Boston Gazette, October 14, 1771

"When designs are form'd to raze the very foundation of a free government, those few who are to erect their grandeur and fortunes upon the general ruin, will employ every art to sooth the devoted people into a state of indolence, inattention and security, which is forever the fore-runner of slavery." - Article signed "Candidus," in Boston Gazette, December 9, 1771

"If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them." Samuel Adams- As Candidus in the Boston Gazette, January 20, 1772

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave... These may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institutes of the great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament." Samuel Adams - Rights of the Colonists, November 20, 1772

"It is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society, to renounce their essential natural rights, or the means of preserving those rights; when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defence of those very rights; the principal of which, as is before observed, are Life, Liberty, and Property. If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave." - The Rights of the Colonists, November 20, 1772

"Is it now high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves. It is an important question which ought to be decided. It concerns more than anything in this life. The salvation of our souls is interested in this event. For wherever tyranny is established, immorality of every kind comes in like a torrent, it is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice.” - Samuel Adams

And, as it pertains to Clinton/Sanders' "free stuff schemes":

“The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown. These ideas are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government unconstitutional.” - Samuel Adams

[Gay State Conservative]

Appointed by....need I ask?

[JudgemAll]

Yeahz well, meanwhile a lot of this money goes to liberal non profits

[where's_the_Outrage?]

“Appointed by....need I ask?”

from the 2nd line: “U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, an appointee of President Donald Trump,

[CapnJack]

It would be a proper ruling IF the public schools were in session this year, but they are not.
Public schools are implementing “Distant Learning” aka No Learning.

The public teachers in my and most surrounding schools in my area are just handing out tasks to kids on Monday and getting them back (if the kids bother to do them) on Friday.
I had to scramble like mad to get my kid in private school this year. The town school board decided this distance learning BS on Aug. 20! Last minute!
Now I'll be shelling out $7K and doing a 40 minute one way trip to drop the kid off before work.
I HATE public Teacher Unions!
They'll get a 1 year vacation on my dime and cost me another $7K!

[tbw2]

Our public schools did online learning March through this week.

The material covered for the last three months of school was a fraction of what should have been covered. The teachers here are trying to do review, but no one is teaching what was lost. And it is becoming evident, as when teachers started the new material and less than half the class could handle it. I’ve seen this from Spanish to pre-Calculus.

[kiryandil]

But she was confirmed (97-3) with only token DemocRAT opposition which makes me think the ‘RATS knew something about her personal beliefs.

Yep.

97-3 is a "tell"...

[CapnJack]

For my daughter, she is starting 1st grade and you only really get 1 chance to learn reading, writing, and math. This year will be a complete loss for kids doing this online learning.
I’m not taking away my daughter’s chance to learn ... money be danmed. It will be worth it in private school for her.