In a prior trip to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], the Court held that the TSSAA is a state actor even though it is a non-profit organization. ''Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary Sch. Ath. Ass'n'', 531 U.S. 288 (2001) (Brentwood I). This ruling is helpful to [[homeschoolers]]. In the 2007 ruling (Brentwood II), Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] criticized that finding of state action, saying that "Brentwood I departed so dramatically from our earlier state-action cases," and he said the Court should have held for the athletic association on that basis | In a prior trip to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], the Court held that the TSSAA is a state actor even though it is a non-profit organization. ''Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary Sch. Ath. Ass'n'', 531 U.S. 288 (2001) (Brentwood I). This ruling is helpful to [[homeschoolers]]. In the 2007 ruling (Brentwood II), Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] criticized that finding of state action, saying that "Brentwood I departed so dramatically from our earlier state-action cases," and he said the Court should have held for the athletic association on that basis |