Court Opinion

ID: 9862020
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 00:57:50.850112+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:29:55.975496
License: Public Domain

MESCHKE, Justice,
dissenting.
I regard the fair hearing — due process issue in this case as more difficult than the issue in State v. Anderson, 427 N.W.2d 316 (N.D.1988). The exercise of administrative power may require more fairness and impartiality for a First Amendment freedom than for a commercial matter. See Kunz v. New York, 340 U.S. 290, 71 S.Ct. 312, 95 L.Ed. 280 (1951). However, I would not reach that issue here.
I would reverse on the free exercise of religion issue for the reasons given in my dissenting opinion in State v. Anderson, supra. Once again, the State has wholly failed to show that its compulsory education program would not work if it granted a religious exemption to these defendants. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.