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That the question of contested power
asserted in this resolution is not within the province of the Court to
determine because the Court itself seeks to usurp the powers which have
been reserved to the States, and, therefore, under these circumstances,
the judgment of all of the parties to the compact must be sought to resolve
the question. The Supreme Court is not a party to the compact, but a
creature of the compact and the question of contested power should not
be settled by the creature seeking to usurp the power, but by the parties
to the compact who are the people of the respective States in whom ultimate
sovereignty finally reposes;
That the Constitution of the State of Florida provides
for full benefits to all its citizens with reference to educational facilities
and under the Laws of Florida enacted by the Legislature through the
Minimum Foundation Program its citizens under states' rights, all are
being educated under the same general law and all teachers are being
employed under identical educational qualifications and all are certified
by the State Board of Education alike, which enables the people, themselves,
in Florida to provide an educational establishment serviceable and satisfactory
and in keeping with the social structure of the state. The people of
Florida do not consent to changing state precedents and their right by
having doctrines thrust upon them by naked force alone, as promulgated
in the school cases of May 17, 1954, and May 31, 1955;
That the doctrines of said decisions and other decisions
denying to the States the right to have laws of their own dealing with
subversion or espionage, and criminal proceedings, and denying the States
the right to dismiss individuals from public employment who refuse to
answer questions concerning their connections with communism by invoking
the Fifth Amendment, and denying the States the right to provide for
protective "right to work" laws, should not be forced
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