Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Sixth Circuit En Banc to Hear Right to Literacy Case
The Sixth Circuit has granted en banc review requested by a member of the court (rather than the parties) in Gary B. v. Whitmer. The panel's "previous decision and judgment of this court are vacated, the mandates are stayed, and these cases are restored to the docket as pending appeals."
This is not unanticipated. Recall that a divided panel held that there is a fundamental right to a "basic minimum education" providing "access to literacy" as a substantive due process right under the Fourteenth Amendment. Our extensive analysis of the panel opinion is here.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/conlaw/2020/05/sixth-circuit-en-banc-to-hear-right-to-literacy-case.html