Alan Dershowitz said he’s confident the Supreme Court will side with parents challenging woke curriculum mandates, calling the case “an easy one.”
The Supreme Court will hear a case brought by Maryland parents who say the Montgomery County School Board violated their First Amendment rights by denying them the ability to opt their children out of lessons featuring LGBTQ-themed storybooks. During an appearance on “The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” Dershowitz said the Supreme Court will likely rule in favor of the parents.
“This is an easy case. I love being right about my predictions. This one isn’t even a challenge. It will be the right of parents to opt their children out of propagandistic teaching about gay rights and about other social issues. It will be upheld by the Supreme Court,” Dershowitz said.
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Dershowitz added that the Court could rule 6–3 in favor of the parents and possibly even pick up some support from the liberal justices.
“It will be either a 6-3 decision or maybe even some of the liberals will come along. Some of the liberal justices saw problems with the implications of this. Well, what else can parents object to?” Dershowitz asked.
Dershowitz described a growing entanglement of identity politics and foreign policy.
“Today, gay rights is so mixed in with political rights. CNN had a big program yesterday where you had a transgender woman standing in front of a large cheering crowd saying, ‘You cannot support transgender rights unless you oppose Israel and call Israel a genocidal country,’” Dershowitz said. “What? You can’t support gay rights? You can’t support women’s rights unless you’re opposed to Israel? Israel is the only country in the Middle East that supports transgender rights and gay rights.”
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Dershowitz said that this blurring of civil rights with political activism makes it even more likely that the Court will find in favor of the parents.
“And yet these people think that under intersectionality, which is the movement that unites gay rights, climate rights and other rights together, you can’t separate gay rights today from political posturing,” Dershowitz said. “And, therefore, it’s gonna be a very easy case for the Supreme Court. I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets close to unanimity on this one.”
The school district initially allowed religious opt-outs but later reversed course, refusing even to notify parents about the LGBTQ-themed curriculum. Although opt-outs are permitted for high school sex ed, the district denied them for elementary school storybooks, prompting parents to file a lawsuit in May 2023.
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The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case in January. The school district says no student or parent faced penalties or was forced to contradict their religious beliefs.
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