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Supreme Court gives go-ahead for school vouchers!
Associated Press / SFGate
Posted on 06/27/2002 7:32:14 AM PDT by RCW2001
(06-27) 07:30 PDT (AP) -- ^Supreme Court gives go-ahead for school vouchers, lowers wall between church and state=
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Constitution allows public money to underwrite tuition at religious schools as long as parents have a choice among a range of religious and secular schools, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The 5-4 ruling led by the court's conservative majority lowers the figurative wall separating church and state and clears a constitutional cloud from school vouchers, a divisive education idea dear to political conservatives and championed by President Bush.
Opponents call vouchers a fraud meant to siphon tax money from struggling public schools.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government
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To: twntaipan
I just heard a death-groan from the NEA. To paraphrase Churchill, it's not the beginning of the end for them, but it is the end of the beginning.
The NEA's problem with vouchers is that it loosens their grip on curriculum and political power.
I'd bet that probably 80% of parents one talks to would love to have the option of vouchers, even if they chose not to use them. The option to leave means that the NEA can no longer count on running a closed shop.
Public schools will probably never be perfect, but prior to the rise of the NEA as a Democrat funding group the schools were a lot better than today. Vouchers won't return them to their former glory, but they can't hurt.
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:47:11 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: cmak9
a divisive education idea dear to political conservatives and championed by President Bush. I like this phrase better. The media makes me sick. Thank God (heh, heh) for FR.
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:48:10 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: 3AngelaD
LOL! loved that zinger, and I'm with you! This was a good decision. We needed this after yesterday.
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:48:16 AM PDT
by
goodieD
To: RCW2001
WASHN: to work. -AP Breaking News (06-27) 07:46 PDT (AP) -- "It's important for the Supreme Court to occasionally send a shot across the bow to state prisons," said Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University. "It does send a message that the Su...
WASHINGTON: supporters noted. -AP Breaking News
(06-27) 07:46 PDT (AP) -- Thursday's ruling continued a trend of the court in recent years to ease the path toward state support of religion. In a case two years ago, the court ruled that providing educational equipment to relig...
To: RCW2001
"the court's conservative majority"
If the issue were abortion, and the court was upholding that right, the spin would not be about the philosophical leanings of the court. No, we would be told: this is the law of the land!!! The court has spoken!!! The Constitution is sacred!!!
To: RCW2001
First the fierce public backlash against the liberal-inspired goof-ball decision against the Pledge of Allegience, and now this victory for parents opposed to subsidizing the secular humanist agenda in the public schools. This is indeed a dark and depressing day for liberals everywhere.
I'm almost tempted to go to DU to peek in on the weeping-and-wailing fest.
To: Lizavetta
As opposed to the government schools, which are a fraud meant to siphon money from struggling taxpayersDamn, that's well said.
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:50:43 AM PDT
by
katana
To: RCW2001
The court endorsed a 6-year-old pilot program in inner-city Cleveland that provides parents a tax-supported education stipendIn another schools case Thursday, the court approved random drug tests for many public high school students
You win some and you loose some.
To: jern
This is WAY cool! Now, let's see some legislative action!!
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:51:53 AM PDT
by
Wphile
To: PhiKapMom
And a major win for the inner city minority communities and a big loss for the teacher bolsheviks...
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:52:05 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
To: r9etb
I would think this would make the environment for education more competitive, and thus force public schools to get better to keep their students. Thoughts?
To: RCW2001
This is the best news in a long, long time. Yee-haw.
To: Kevin Curry
D*mn right, man! This is a HUGE decision!! EAT S*IT AND DIE, NEA!!!
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:53:21 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
To: RCW2001
Caution!
What the Federal Government funds, the Federal Government controls....
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:53:31 AM PDT
by
RonF
To: Lizavetta
what the government funds, they will eventually control. As much as I like to see the liberals have a cow, I'm not a voucher supporter for that reason. Yes, the lengths Grove City College went to to isolate it from funding--and consequent control--by the federal government certainly supports your position. OTOH the decision is patently correct on the merits of the issue presented to the court. It may, if your fears materialize, produce a third tier of schooling:
-government funded and operated
-government funded but privately operated
-completely private.
Best-case scenario might well be the latter, for all--but we aren't getting away from the first, worst, possibility very fast. The new option may produce a constant battleground, but one that at least isn't completely on the bad guys' turf like the first one is.
To: FairWitness
Most heavy-handed case of biased reporting I've seen in a long time. Dripping with dislike of anything conservative.
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:55:54 AM PDT
by
ladtx
To: mwl1
I agree heartily.
It is a stake in the heart of the public education monopoly.
Additionally, conservatives should advance the significance of this issue for inner-city students and parents who stand to benefit most from this ruling.
Let's not forget that we OWN this issue.
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:55:57 AM PDT
by
cerberus
To: hchutch
Send it to John Thune in South Dakota - he's running against Tim Johnson. Or perhaps Coleman in Minnesota who is running against Wellstone. Talent in Missouri would also be a good choice as he is running against Carnahan. These are the three closest races at this point and I think our best chances for taking back the Senate. You could also just send money to the National Republican Senatorial Committee which is chaired by Senator Frist.
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:56:37 AM PDT
by
Wphile
To: RCW2001
The 5-4 ruling led by the court's conservative majority lowers the figurative wall separating church and state There's no such wall, at least not constitutionally. If there were, public fireman would be prevented from fighting fire in a church. But thank goodness some sanity has returned to the judiciary this week.
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:57:26 AM PDT
by
1L
To: RonF
Caution! What the Federal Government funds, the Federal Government controls.... Absolutely. With a fair amount of any combo of local, state & private money flowing to private schools you will, I predict within 10 years, have many private schools that are indistinguishable from public schools.
With the shekels come the shackles.....
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:59:25 AM PDT
by
gdani
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