MB Financial Bank, N.A. v. Brophy

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• holding that public schoolteachers come within “governmental function” principle such that federal constitution requires only that a citizenship requirement applicable to teaching in public schools bears a rational relationship to a legitimate state interest
• holding that public schoolteachers come within \governmental function\ principle such that federal constitution requires only that a citizenship requirement applicable to teaching in public schools bears a rational relationship to a legitimate state interest
• stating that public schools are important “in the preparation of individuals for participation as citizens, and in the preservation of the values on which our society rests”
• recognizing teachers’ influence in a case addressing whether a state may impose a citizenship requirement for elementary and secondary school teachers
• observing that public schools transmit to children “the values on which our society rests,” including “fundamental values necessary to the maintenance of a democratic political system”
• observing that public schools transmit to children “the values on which our society rests,” including “fundamental values necessary to the maintenance of a democratic political system”

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