ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jeremiah Chin

Jeremiah Chin is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law, where he teaches Constitutional Law and Race and the Law. His research focuses on race, law, and governance at the intersections of children's rights, expressive and associational rights, equal protection, and Federal Indian Law.

POSTS BY Jeremiah Chin

10 July 2025

Jeremiah Chin

Silencing Children’s Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Mahmoud v. Taylor on June 27, 2025. In doing so, it dramatically expanded parental rights over students and education without concern for the rights of children or consideration of pedagogy and curriculum. Instead of addressing the plurality of views around sexual orientation and gender, the Court indirectly, but unsubtly, installs a traditional values framework that imposes norms of heterosexuality, religious fundamentalism and parental micromanagement of curriculum. Continue reading >>