Alliance for Justice: Supreme Court Threatens Students and First Amendment
July 02, 2020
July 02, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Alliance for Justice issued the following statement by President Nan Aron:
This morning the Supreme Court ruled in the case Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue that if a state funds private schools or education programs, it must also fund religious school programs. The decision effectively overturns 37 states' constitutions prohibiting state funding to sectarian institutions. This decision not only undermines the Constitution's Establishment Clause, b . . .
This morning the Supreme Court ruled in the case Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue that if a state funds private schools or education programs, it must also fund religious school programs. The decision effectively overturns 37 states' constitutions prohibiting state funding to sectarian institutions. This decision not only undermines the Constitution's Establishment Clause, b . . .