Family Separation: Apparently, We Need the Supreme Court to Explain Why Taking Children From Their Parents Is Traumatic
When government agencies can tear families apart without proving that children are in danger, perhaps the biggest threat to family values isn't coming from the families at all. October 17, 2026 | Civil Rights • Family Rights • Government Accountability There are certain things I never imagined we would need to debate in a civilized society. Whether children need food. Whether parents should be allowed to comfort their grieving families. Whether removing children from their homes without a genuine emergency might cause lasting psychological damage. And yet, here we are. Apparently, somewhere along the way, we developed a system in which government officials can make decisions that fundamentally alter children's lives while leaving parents fighting through the courts to establish that those decisions were unnecessary. I would have thought the burden should work the other way around. But perhaps that's an unreasonable expectation from someone who believes the government should...
