Public Ed has always been a test ground for larger Constitutional rights (see Brown v. Board of Ed). IMO what makes these cases so interesting is one can truly see how the Bill of Rights tries to protect the rights of the minority.

In Slate,Dahlia Lithwick analyzes a Virginia district's plan to continue weekly religious instruction during school time but off campus.

Quote: The Constitution is subject to neither majority rule nor to popular recall. Democracy is an exquisite invention. But programs can be popular and still unconstitutional.