The 6th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the Department of Justice under Attorney
General Eric Holder to respond to a request for rehearing by a homeschooling
family that claims it will face persecution if forced to return to Germany as
the White House wants. The order itself
doesn’t guarantee that the petition for rehearing will be granted in the case
involving the Romeike family, but it does give the family and its supporters
reason to be optimistic.
James R. Mason,
director of litigation for the Home School Legal Defense Association, which represents the
family, said the order from the court was a step in the right direction. He noted that most requests for a full panel
of the appeals court are summarily denied without any further action.
“Here, the court
has requested that the Justice Department respond, indicating that the court is
taking our petition seriously,” he said.
HSLDA filed its request for rehearing May 29, arguing that the
three-judge 6th Circuit panel that heard the case April 23 failed to correctly
apply its own cases to the Romeikes’ situation. Michael Farris, founder and
chairman of HSLDA, who is leading the effort on behalf of the Romeikes, hopes
the full court will take up the case……To Read More…..
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