In a ruling two weeks ago, the California State Court of Appeals sent shock waves through the home schooling community when it ruled in a case that parents who do not have a state teaching certificate do not have a constitutional right to home school their children.

This ruling is the focus of an excellent podcast on Speaking of Justice in which J. Michael Smith,  the president of HSLDA ( Home Schooling Legal Defense Association) joined host Scott Drake to look into the specifics of this ruling and it's potential impact on parents who home school their children in the State of California.

You can hear the entire Speaking of Justice podcast with J. Michael Smith on the California home schooling ruling by clicking here.

Why would the Legal Broadcast Network make this a focus of our daily show and interview segment you might ask? It is because LBN reports on all areas of the law, not just trial court issues! The shock waves this ruling sent through the area of law surrounding parental rights to home school their children raised the profile of this issue at LBN and caused us to look into the patch work of laws, regulations and ruling that parents who rightfully wish to home school their children need to deal with on a state to state, or even city to city, basis.

If you are the parent who home schools, like apparently Chuck Norris is,  or just an attorney who is curious as to what exactly the Appeals court in California was thinking. We suggest you research the issue by checking out the various links. You can click here to read Chuck Norris's commentary. ( Who knew Chuck was a columnist?)

Just today the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Second District Court of Appeals in Los Angeles is going to potentially rehear the arguments on Tuesday of next week. This is common in certain cases and might only result in a minor change, if any change at all, but the article gives you the latest news on this case.

I'd suggest you read the commentary and definitely listen to our podcast with the HSLDA. Don't make us send Chuck over there!