109th Congress > House > Vote 590

Date: November 16, 2005

Result: 320-91 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 591

Vote Subject Matter: Social Welfare / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: MURPHY, Timothy (R-PA)

Bill number: HRES547

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit deplorably infringed on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the fundamental right of parents to direct the education of their children is firmly grounded in the Nation's Constitution and traditions; (2) the Ninth Circuit's ruling in Fields v. Palmdale School District undermines the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children; and (3) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit should agree to rehear the case en banc in order to reverse this constitutionally infirm ruling.

Bill titles: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit deplorably infringed on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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