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Quotation from San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez by Supreme Court of the United States
“It is not the province of this Court to create substantive constitutional rights in the name of guaranteeing equal protection of the laws.”
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, Opinion of the Court (Justice Powell), Part II-B (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Powell draws the lesson of earlier cases on housing and welfare for the claim that education is fundamental.
Citation: "It is not the province of this Court to create substantive constitutional rights in the name of guaranteeing equal protection of the laws." — Supreme Court of the United States, San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, Opinion of the Court (Justice Powell), Part II-B (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id san-antonio-isd-v-rodriguez-q2)
Portrait: US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell - 1976 official portrait, Color negative by Robert S. Oakes, Public domain.
