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NPR News: 03-31-2025 4PM EDT

Republicans say the proposal is a challenge to a 1982 Supreme Court decision, which established the right to education for students without legal status. That's part of the Republican strategy, especially with the court's conservative majority, says Stella Yarbrough, the legal director of Tennessee's ACLU.

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Tennessee was before the Supreme Court late last year to defend its ban on gender-affirming care for minors. When that ruling comes out this summer, state Republicans will get a sense of whether their strategy works. For NPR News, I'm Marianna Bakayau in Nashville.

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NPR News: 04-11-2025 3PM EDT

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The bill aims to challenge the 1982 Supreme Court decision that established the right to an education for all students, regardless of immigration status. The bill's Republican sponsors hope for a different outcome this time around, given the court's 6-3 majority of GOP appointees. But not all Republicans support the measure.