Lawsuit challenging child voters on Howard’s school board continues in Richmond

A lawsuit challenging the voting rights of student members of the Howard County Board of Education continued Friday, with oral arguments beginning in the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia. Both sides of the issue debated in court Friday whether Howard’s school board is in violation of the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause and the First Amendment’s free exercise clause in granting a student member voting rights.