Today in History: Supreme Court rules on spanking schoolchildren

Today is Saturday, April 19, the 109th day of 2025. There are 256 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 19, 1977, the Supreme Court, in Ingraham v. Wright, ruled 5-4 that even severe spanking of schoolchildren by faculty members did not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. Also on this date: In 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and...