Supreme Court Holds 5-4 That State School Voucher Programs Can't Exclude Religious Schools

Supreme Court of the United States ^ | June 30, 2020 | Chief Justice Roberts

[JOHN ADAMS]

Held: The application of the no-aid provision discriminated against reli-gious schools and the families whose children attend or hope to attendthem in violation of the Free Exercise Clause of the Federal Constitution. Pp. 6–22.

[JOHN ADAMS]

Roberts does the right thing. Sadly, the decision was 5-4-- that is, none of the "liberals" on the Court could agree with this. A good result. But if Trump doesn't win in November, it'll be short lived.

[edwinland]

Nice that they allowed Roberts to vote with the conservatives on this one. I guess it’s not as important to them as abortion.

[CodeToad]

This is a nice win.

[11th_VA]

Very good news - there is hope

[Red Badger]

[1Old Pro]

if Trump doesn't win in November, it'll be short lived.

Once again, a lot hinges on November, thus the Leftist violence and anarchy.

[NobleFree]

“Roberts does the right thing.”

Can’t be true - FReeper after FReeper has sworn that Roberts is a leftist sellout.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Nice that they allowed Roberts to vote with the conservatives on this one

Who are “they” and what does “allow” mean?

[dead]

Seriously, WTF is wrong with liberals? Their ideology directly stands in the way of children getting quality educations.

These vouchers provide a way out of failing ghetto schools for poor children, into high performance, safe schools run by religious organizations. But, they might hear of a higher power than government, so the liberals sentence them to a life without education.

[Sans-Culotte]

Roberts does the right thing. Sadly, the decision was 5-4-- that is, none of the his fellow "liberals" on the Court could agree with this.

[AndyJackson]

Roberts does the right thing.

Does he cast a die to decide. What does he do when snake eyes come up?

[commish]

Roberts is going to give himself a severe case of whiplash with his seemingly hourly flip-flopping from Liberal to conservative and vice-versa.

[edwinland]

I joined the dissent in Whole Woman’s Health (Note: This is the Texas abortion case which was identical to the Louisiana case and in which Roberts dissented from the majority and joined the conservatives) and con- tinue to believe that the case was wrongly decided. The question today (i.e. Louisiana case of June 29th) however is not whether Whole Woman’s Health was right or wrong, but whether to adhere to it in deciding the present case.

Sounds like a loyal (or captive) party member who is "allowed" to vote against the whip when his vote won't matter, but not when they need him.

[KierkegaardMAN]

In theory it’s a ‘win’ but religious schools are for the most part (I speak from the Catholic angle) liberal greenhouses. Diocesan run schools are a great place to have your children’s faith systematically dismantled and the inclusive, politically-correct-nonsense indoctrination takes over. They pump out snowflakes at the same rate as government schools do.

[rollo tomasi]

No, a progressive activists that believes in “evolving law” rather than a textualist. Activist love “intent” and statutory personnel interpretation.

[xp38]

I think his blackmailers want him on some decisions but are willing to sacrifice some others to show he’s not totally on the dark side.

[Leaning Right]

If this ruling means that my tax dollars will be going to Catholic schools, I’m happy. Those schools provide a solid and moral education.

But if it also means that my tax dollars will be going to Islamic schools in the United States, then maybe I’m not so happy.

[Perseverando]

And here's the religious school that Roberts and the left have in mind:

[C19fan]

When Catholics started to emigrate to the US in mass a lot of states passed what are called Blaine Amendments after James Blaine Congress member from Maine. With tax payer funded schools gaining momentum across the country, the sentiment was this money should not be used for Catholic schools.

[Freee-dame]

Catholic schools at least maintain discipline in the classroom and teach that a person is responsible for his own behavior.