July 1, 2001

IJ Asks Supreme Court to Review Cleveland Case

In November 1999, when the Supreme Court dissolved the trial court’s injunction against the program, one of its criteria for intervening was whether it would ultimately review the case on the merits.  So we have a snapshot of the Court’s intentions.

Having filed our petition, we are letting no moss grow,   working to coordinate support for the cause of school choice in the court and the court of public opinion.

A final decision lifting the constitutional cloud could be less than a year away.  With hard work, passion, and resolve, we hope to help   deliver on the promise of educational opportunity and parental choice.

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U.S. Supreme Court issued its most important educational decision since Brown v. Board of Education

The Case On June 27, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Cleveland’s school choice program in the most important education decision since Brown v. Board of Education.  The court’s ruling in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris removed the federal Constitution from the legal arsenal of teachers’ unions and other school choice opponents and opened the door to full…

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