Welcome to Free Republic. The educrats have been trying to scare conservatives away from vouchers for years. That is simply a fact. Since this court ruling, the NAACP, the ACLU, the NEA, the ADL the AFT, the AJCongress, PFAW and the NCJW have all issued press releases vowing to fight vouchers in every state in the union.
The liberals would not be spending millions to defeat vouchers if they thought they could take over private education.
This is a phony issue.
No, it's not a phony issue. It's a very real issue. It's only a matter of time before the feds get into the voucher game, and we need to make sure we're paying close attention when they do. The language of any bill needs to be incredibly precise or this will most certainly backfire. The Grove City case is a very relevant precedent.
that the language of 901(a) contains no hint that Congress perceived a substantive difference between direct institutional assistance and aid received by a school through its students. The linchpin of Grove City's argument that none of its programs receives any federal assistance is a perceived distinction between direct and indirect aid, a distinction that finds no support in the text of 901(a). 12 Nothing in 901(a) suggests that Congress elevated form over substance by making the application of the nondiscrimination principle dependent on the manner in which a program or activity receives federal assistance. There is no basis in the statute for the view that only institutions that themselves apply for federal aid or receive checks directly from the Federal Government are subject to regulation.
None of this has any application to my concerns. The fact remains, I'm not a liberal, and I have legitimate concerns about government involvement in private education.