This case will be argued next fall, and falls right into line with the other state's rights decision. No, that's wrong. The federal government has no enumerated power over education, but state and local government are free to legislate on any topic, and especially those that are not reserved to the Congress. So it is certainly constitutional for the federal government to regulate and set up public school systems. I fail to see the responsibility of the federal.
Obviously education is recognized universally as beneficial.
It was James Wilson, who was one of the most influential framers, who made the proposal. There is nothing in Congress' enumerated powers that gives Congress the power to regulate education. Which is why the call by both candidates, Bush and Gore, to increase federal involvement in education, is troubling. The framers' intent is one factor in a matrix of factors that will drive the court's holding. Justice Thomas puts almost exclusive reliance on original intent.