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63 U. Miami L. Rev. 905 (2008-2009)
Mama Knows Best: Frazier v. Winn Says Do as You're Told

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      Mama Knows Best: Frazier v. Winn Says
                        Do as You're Told!

       ScoTr E. BYERS, FREDDY FUNES, AND ALLISON V. PEREZt

     I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 905
     II. FIRST  PERIOD: A  HISTORY  LESSON  .....................................  907
        A. Knowing Where We Come from To Know Where We Are Going: The
           Statute's Language .............................................. 907
        B. Learning To Avoid Mistakes from Our History: Procedural History ......  908
            1. THE DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION: THE FIRST CRACK AT THE LESSON ...  908
            2. THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT'S RESPONSE: DID ITS DOG EAT ITS
               HOMEWORK? .................................................... 911
           3. REHEARING EN BANC DENIED: BARKETr GRADES THE ELEVENTH
               CIRCUIT'S DECISION- SO  MUCH RED  INK! ...........................  914
    III. ON TO ENGLISH CLASS: To PLEDGE OR NOT To PLEDGE? .................. 916
        A. Florida Copies the United States' Homework: Question of Straightforward
           Statutory Interpretation?  ..........................................  916
        B. More Involvement than Your Average PTA: Reconciling Parents' and
           Children's Rights  ................................................  920
           1.  IS THE COURT BOUND BY BARNETTE? ............................. 920
           2. DO MINORS HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? ..........................  924
           3. DOES THE PARENTAL RIGHT TO CONTROL UPBRINGING EXTEND TO
               COMPEL SPEECH? ................................................ 925
               a.  Positive  Versus Negative  Right  .............................  926
               b. Limited Scope of Parental Upbringing Right ..................  927
           4. HOW DO MINORS' RIGHTS STACK UP IN OTHER CONTEXTS? ...........  928
        C. The Age of Enlightenment: Coherency Under the Overbreadth Doctrine ..  930
            1. THE OVERBREADTH DOCTRINE AND THE SUPREME COURT ................. 930
            2. WHY USE OVERBREADTH IN FIRST AMENDMENT CASES? ..............  933
            3. PLACING WINN IN THE OVERBREADTH CONTEXT ....................  934
        D. School-Yard Brawl?: A Possible Circuit Split ........................  939
    IV . C ONCLUSION  ........................................................  94 1


                              I. INTRODUCTION

      On December 8, 2005, Cameron Frazier, a high-school student at a

    t J.D. candidates, 2009 University of Miami School of Law; Editors of the University of
Miami Law Review. Scott E. Byers would like to thank his parents, Christine and William, and his
wife, Emily. Without them none of this would have been possible. Allison V. Perez thanks her
parents and brother, A.J., for their unconditional support and encouragement. She also wants to
thank Christopher Ramirez, and she deeply appreciates Laura J. Tepich's comments on drafts of
this paper and Laura's wonderful editing skills. The authors would like to thank the University of
Miami School of Law faculty and staff and the person who makes law review fun, Farah
Barquero.