High court upholds school vouchers

msnbc ^ | Junee 27, 2002

[cornelis]

High court upholds school vouchers
Taxes can be used to send students to parochial schools
Christine Suma gets a kiss from her daughter Angelica, 4, during a Sept. 27, 2001, press conference by parents in support of Cleveland's school voucher program.
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 The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the use of taxpayer-paid school vouchers to send children to private schools, finding that a Cleveland program does not violate the Constitution’s church-state doctrine even though the majority of students use the vouchers to attend parochial schools.

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[Frohickey]

Muahahahahaha!

I like it when the NEA gets kicked in the groin.

[DoughtyOne]

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[jlogajan]

Although we atheist Libertarians are often accused of trying to stomp out freedom of religion (accusations by the usual haters, of course) this is a great pro-liberty individualistic ruling!!!!!

We still don't approve of taxes per se for most purposes -- but at least lets get some freedom of choice and competition in the education business.

Too bad it was just a 5/4 decision. It means the court still has some anti-individualistic socialistic authoritarians on it, and a few more could turn the tide the wrong way.

Here's hoping for more Libertarians on the USSC!!! Great news, though.

[B. A. Conservative]

"I like it when the NEA gets kicked in the groin."

And freedom got a lift by its boot straps. And a special thanks to Justice Thomas.

[Thorondir]

Justice Thomas is a Roman Catholic and a Republican, hardly one you could laud as a fellow athEist LibeRtarIan. Now crawl back under your sewer grate and claim that one-half of one percent of the cockroach vote that your awesome party so richly deserves. We don't need you up here trying to destroy our American society.

[Paleo Conservative]

I had to dig out this info.

For

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (Nixon, Reagan)
Sandra Day O’Connor (Reagan)
Antonin Scalia (Reagan)
Anthony M. Kennedy (Reagan)
Clarence Thomas (G H W Bush)

Against

David Souter (G H W Bush)
John Paul Stevens (Ford)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Clinton)
Stephen Breyer (Clinton)

[onehipdad]

20 of 24 years' of parochial education for our kids are behind us!

Can we make it retroactive???

[Starwind]

For
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (Nixon, Reagan)
Sandra Day O’Connor (Reagan)
Antonin Scalia (Reagan)
Anthony M. Kennedy (Reagan)
Clarence Thomas (G H W Bush)

Against
David Souter (G H W Bush)>br> John Paul Stevens (Ford)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Clinton)
Stephen Breyer (Clinton)

Note, O'Connor again is the tie-breaker