A Roman Catholic order challenged the law's constitutionality, and the Supreme Court held that the law violated the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause. The Court did not find that the State had enforced the law unfairly. In fact, the State's courts had found the law unconstitutional, and it had never been put into effect. Rather, the Court held that the law itself, in its contents, "unreasonably interferes with the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of children under their control." The law itself was found to be satisfactory unreasonable baffling sentimental