quick law question

[ylen13]

did u.s supreme court ever banned corporal punishment by a teacher in school.I'm debating my friend on this and he says no but i thought that i remmber that their was a case on this.I'm i wrong or is he wrong?

[doctorgonzo]

I'm no law scholar, but I did find this case from 1977, Ingraham vs. Wright, that found that corporal punishment does not violate the 8th amendment and corporal punishment is not cruel and unusual.

I search for Supreme Court decisions at http://nt.scbbs.com/cgi-bin/om_isapi...USSC_srchframe. It is quite useful.

[ylen13]

thanks for the anwear that's what i was looking for, i guess i was wrong.

[homer15]

i think nowadays the teachers would be too afraid to do anything like that.

[piasabird]

Now adays they just tell the parents to go get ridlin or something like that.

[ylen13]

Originally posted by homer15 i think nowadays the teachers would be too afraid to do anything like that.

u would be supprised what some teachers in mid-usa will do where this's legall

[homer15]

Originally posted by piasabird Now adays they just tell the parents to go get ridlin or something like that.

yea, and the parents take their kids to shrinks and stuff without even disiplining them, and they say "we've tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas"
i'm glad my parents had some sense and disciplined me and my brothers when we screwed up.

[ylen13]

their a reason why some parents don't disciplinning their kids,they are affraid that the kids gone eather call "child protective service"and try to get their parents in troubled or just call 911

[homer15]

Originally posted by ylen13 their a reason why some parents don't disciplinning their kids,they are affraid that the kids gone eather call "child protective service"and try to get their parents in troubled or just call 911

i didn't say like beat the kids or anything, but teach them what's right and wrong. a lot of people i went to high school with had no concept of this. it's actually pretty scary.

[ylen13]

Originally posted by homer15 i didn't say like beat the kids or anything, but teach them what's right and wrong. a lot of people i went to high school with had no concept of this. it's actually pretty scary.

beating is not nessesary,i called the cops on my parents when they spanked me.Cops came and warned my parents,next time they wil be arrested for assult and battery.Never head to call cops agen.

[Sauron]

My God...you are scary....you called the cops? On your parents? The ones that brought you to life? Man, what are you? Some sort of jerk? Perhaps God didn't give you a brain? Or perhaps your just a retard? My God...calling the cops on your parents.

[homer15]

Originally posted by Sauron My God...you are scary....you called the cops? On your parents? The ones that brought you to life? Man, what are you? Some sort of jerk? Perhaps God didn't give you a brain? Or perhaps your just a retard? My God...calling the cops on your parents.

hey man, that's not cool. i mean, i don't agree with calling the cops on someone's parents either, especially since they're trying to raise you right and they just spanked you, but you don't need to flame him up like that.

[ylen13]

The problem is i don't beleive in god,as for retarted no i'm not and it was when i was 11 or so and technically spanking anyone is assult.

[bailey]

just out of curisosity, what was the reasons that your parents thought that you needed a spanling.

[CaptTuna]

If you rat out your own parents you deserve foster care.

[ylen13]

Originally posted by bailey just out of curisosity, what was the reasons that your parents thought that you needed a spanling.

if i remmber correctly now i got in to a fight with some boy.

[LawyerRon]

Quote:
"...and technically spanking anyone is assult."

That is a legal conclusion that is incorrect.

Also, getting back to your narrow call of the question, the issue is not whether the U.S. Supreme Court ever banned corporal punishment (they never did btw), but rather the issue is whether the Court will step in and help your School when they are sued for battery. The answer is no. That does not mean corporal punishment is legal or not legal, banned or not banned. It means schools just don't want the lawsuits.

That's why corporal punishment is rare nowdays.

[ylen13]

Originally posted by LawyerRon Quote: "...and technically spanking anyone is assult." That is a legal conclusion that is incorrect. Also, getting back to your narrow call of the question, the issue is not whether the U.S. Supreme Court ever banned corporal punishment (they never did btw), but rather the issue is whether the Court will step in and help your School when they are sued for battery. The answer is no. That does not mean corporal punishment is legal or not legal, banned or not banned. It means schools just don't want the lawsuits. That's why corporal punishment is rare nowdays.

thanks for the clarification on both things.

[glc]

This thread has evolved into a touchy subject that we really don't want to go into any more here. Please take any further discussions on subjects like this over to Forumclick. I have some pretty strong opinions about some of the things that have been said here myself, and am not even going to go there.

Sauron: I can see you have some pretty strong feelings too, but that doesn't give you the right to flame anyone here for any reason.

Thread is closed because it appears the original question has been answered by a lawyer and the poster has acknowledged it.