How the Supreme Court used the First Amendment to get around ‘Blaine amendments’

U.S. Supreme Court to conference on Maine school choice case

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State Discriminates Against Parents Who Choose Schools That Reinforce Their Values Maine School Choice Case Appealed to Supreme Court Now Fully Briefed

Supreme Court showdown may loom over taxpayer funds for parochial schools

Supreme Court considers Lee’s voucher program

Tennessee Supreme Court hears arguments in fight over school voucher law

State Supreme Court hears arguments on Governor’s ESA program

Tennessee Supreme Court hears arguments about overturned school voucher law

Tennessee High Court Hears Bid to Reinstate School Voucher Program

The History Behind the Next Landmark School Choice Case

Chances grow that Supreme Court will take up Maine’s ban on religious school funding

New ruling says public dollars can go to religious schools

Ruling has more Vt. families considering religious schools for their kids

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Newly passed bill further cements Florida as a national leader on educational choice Florida Legislature Approves School Choice Scholarship Expansion

‘Friends of the Court’ Urge Hearing of Maine School Choice Case

Institute of Justice to Defend Kentucky’s New Educational Choice Program Against Anticipated Legal Challenge

After uncertainty, Kentucky legislature overrides Beshear veto of school choice measure

ERLC, others urge court to correct school-choice ruling

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West Virginia joins brief urging public funding for all private schools

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Lots of Support from Friends of the Court As Maine School Choice Case Appealed to Supreme Court

Rutledge joins legal fight to send public money to private religious schools

Kendra Espinoza: Will Massachusetts make religious liberty and school choice a reality?

‘Religious instruction’ a bridge too far for tuition assistance

Parents taking case before highest U.S. court concerning religious education

Maine Families Taking Fight For Federal Funding For Religious Schools To Supreme Court

Maine Parents Head to U.S. Supreme Court Over Law that Bans Religious School Choice

Maine Families Claim Discrimination Against Religious Schools In Appeal To US Supreme Court

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Federal Appeals Court Says Maine May Block Parents from Selecting Schools that Provide Religious Instruction, But Sending Kids to Any Other School as Part of Choice Program is Permitted Maine Parents Appeal School Choice Case To U.S. Supreme Court

Ruling allows religious school students access to vouchers. Now what?

redefinED’s best of 2020: Supreme Court in Espinoza ruling opens door to state funding for religious schools

ESA School Voucher Case Appealed to Tennessee Supreme Court

Janet Mills reluctant to impose new virus restrictions with federal stimulus dried up

Families optimistic Supreme Court will overturn Maine’s ban on religious school funding

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Maine Law Denying Tuition Reimbursement for Religious School Students

Church, State and Choice: Wednesday Supreme Court Hearing Could Affect Debate on Public Funding of Religious Schools and Inclusion of Gay Students

Maine ban on tuition payments to religious schools is upheld

Federal appeals court upholds Maine law banning tuition payments to religious schools

Appeals court upholds Maine’s ban on religious schools in school choice program

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Maine Bar on Tuition Aid to Religious Schools

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Federal appeals court rules for state despite recent Supreme Court decision that struck down Montana’s restrictions on a school choice program Maine Parents Challenging Law Excluding Religious Schools from State’s Tuition Program Will Appeal to Supreme Court

Families to take religious school tuition issue to US Supreme Court after losing appeal

Federal court upholds Maine law barring public funding for religious high schools

Maine’s Ban on Tuition Reimbursement to Religious Schools Upheld

Barrett’s SCOTUS Confirmation Would Give Conservatives a Supermajority on Education Issues from Race-Based Admissions to School Choice, But Could Create a ‘Desert for Equity,’ Experts Say

Closing private schools protects teachers unions, not children

Carolina Journal Radio No. 905: Courtroom deal raises questions about N.C. school funding – Carolina Journal

Croydon family suing for town to pay Catholic school, arguing state law is unconstitutional

Family Sues N.H. DOE Over Religious Restrictions in Tuitioning Program

New Hampshire sued over Catholic schools tuition policy

NH Family Sues Over Government Discrimination Against Religious Ed – InsideSources

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Recent U.S. Supreme Court decision bars states from excluding religious schools from educational choice programs New Hampshire Grandparents Sue State Over Unconstitutional Restriction on School “Tuitioning” Program

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Grandparents Sue Granite State Over Unconstitutional Restriction on “Tuitioning” Program New Hampshire School Choice

Grandmother’s tears tell story of Opportunity Scholarships’ positive impact – Carolina Journal

Cooper would slash school voucher program to pay for education wish-list

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Institute for Justice Calls on South Carolina Supreme Court to Reject Constitutional Challenge to Scholarship Program

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Supreme Court hands victory to school voucher lobby – will religious minorities, nonbelievers and state autonomy lose out?

Holy Spirit Academy mulls impact of Supreme Court ruling

What the Espinoza Decision Means for Other Aspects of Religious Freedom

Tearing down that ‘Wall’!: USA’s Separation of Church and State, and lessons for India

Buck: Bye-bye, Blaine

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The Supreme Court’s Montana decision puts states between a rock and a hard place

Maine families say Supreme Court ruling boosts their case in religious school funding suit

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Institute for Justice and First Liberty Institute ask federal appeals court to rule against state program that excludes religious schools Maine’s High School Tuitioning Program is Clearly Unconstitutional Under New Supreme Court Precedent

Supreme Court: Exclusion of religious schools from Montana’s state scholarship program is unconstitutional

Supreme Court allows state funding for Montana religious schools

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Supreme Court makes religious school education eligible for public aid

Supreme Court Rules Montana Religious Schools Can Receive Funding

Supreme Court Decides Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue

Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue’s Implications for School Choice

Espinoza v. Montana: SCOTUS Ends Religious Discrimination in Education

Court ruling giving religious schools access to state aid has limited impact on Florida

Breyer Predicts ‘Entanglement and Conflict’ After Court Backs State Aid for Religious Schools

Editorial: Supreme Court ruling a win for school choice

Explainer: Supreme Court strikes down discrimination against families in religious schools

Educational Choice victory at the U.S Supreme Court

The Supreme Court – June 30, 2020

The Supreme Court’s big decision on the separation of church and state, explained

Divided Supreme Court sides with school-choice advocates

Montanans praise, blast Supreme Court’s Espinoza decision

Families challenging Maine ban on state aid for religious schools see opening with high court ruling

Attorneys to ask Tennessee Supreme Court to take over school-voucher case

Tennessee Voucher Program Continues to Be Blocked

Are vouchers and school choice right for Tennessee?

In reversal, Lee says state no longer implementing vouchers

Tennessee to proceed with school voucher applications as governor promises to appeal ruling overturning the law

Fight over education choice pits family against family in Tennessee

Why both left and right are knocking charter schools

Conservative Supreme Court Justices Take Aim at Scalia

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Opinion | School Choice Logic Doesn’t Apply Here. Does the Supreme Court Get That?

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Tennessee Parents Intervene in Court to Defend ESA Program Tennessee School Choice

Nashville, Shelby County sue state over education savings accounts, call voucher law unconstitutional

Arizona is smart to fund religious schools. The Supreme Court should protect our decision

Religious News from Around the Web, Feb 3rd 2020

Could a Supreme Court case about tax dollars for religious schools affect California?

Legislators back ‘School Choice Week’ as Supreme Court considers key case

Why Jews Should Support Indirect State Funding for Private Schools

On the Right: Time to chuck the anti-Catholic Blaine Amendment

Kavanaugh questions ‘bigotry’ of Blaine

Warren Whacks Christian Schools With ‘Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies’—Such as Making Boys Use The Boys Room

Key Supreme Court Case Could Increase School-choice Possibilities In California :: Fox&Hounds

Georgia Education Savings Account debate comes in the midst of tax-credit scholarship court battle

Jessica Levinson : Supreme Court’s Montana tax credit case could blur the line between church and state

Supreme Court case could rule state funding for private schools

Supreme Court considers Montana ruling blocking government subsidies for religious schools

What’s at stake in a religious freedom case: Parents should have the right to use scholarships derived from a tax credit to send kids to parochial schools

Supreme Court Hears Montana Scholarship Program Religious Discrimination Case

Religious Liberty: Supreme Court Considers Challenge to Montana’s Blaine Amendment

Will Supreme Court Support State Scholarships for Religious Schools?

Supreme Court tussles over discrimination against religion in school choice programs

EDITORIAL: Supreme Court hearing bodes well for school choice

Supreme Court Ruling Could Allow Public Money to Be Used for Religious Schools in Montana

Guest view: Happy to defend Montana’s Constitution

Big Montana Case at Supreme Court Is All About Religious Freedom for Parents and Students

A Time to Speak — ‘Blaine Amendment’ case opportunity to end anti-Catholic discrimination

Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark case over public funding of private schools – Baptist News Global

Oral Arguments for Espinoza v MT Dept. of Revenue Began at SCOTUS; Daines in Attendance

Is Separation Of Church And State In Jeopardy? Supreme Court Justices Split On Tax Credit Scholarships For Religious Schools

Supreme Court justices signal support for school choice in landmark case

SCOTUS: Kavanaugh, Alito, & Breyer Suggest MT Discriminated Against Religious Schools

Burying Blaine? – Education Next

Supreme Court considers Montana ruling blocking government subsidies for religious schools

Supreme Court Poised to Overturn 38 State Constitutional Amendments on Church-State Separation

Supreme Court’s conservative justices show support for religious schools in landmark Montana case

Overnight News Digest: Roe v. Wade 47 years ago today

Supreme Court seems favorable to religious education funding

Can school choice exclude religious schools? High court weighs in.

Do you want your tax dollars to fund religious education? You shouldn’t.

A major church and state case ignites ungodly amounts of debate at US Supreme Court

SCOTUS Takes Case Involving Christian Schools in Montana

The High Court Takes on School Choice

Montana school-aid case sparks national battle before U.S. Supreme Court

Church and state and a shifting high court

Could the Supreme Court offer a narrow ruling in a landmark school choice case?

Religion and school choice at heart of new Supreme Court battle

Supreme Court battle over school choice may boost religious freedom

Guest column: First Amendment on the docket at the Supreme Court

Supreme Court to hear case educators worry could ‘destabilize public schools’

Supreme Court to hear arguments on anti-Catholic funding measure

U.S. Supreme Court decision in Montana case could alter school choice restrictions across U.S.

Religion and school choice on the line in ‘crucial’ Supreme Court case

Supreme Court takes up church-state separation in Christian schools case

Lawsuit continues over Maine’s school choice program

Court to decide on public tuition for religious schools

Maine Case On Public Tuition Payments At Religious Schools Heads To Federal Appeals Court

Maine families argue in appeals court that state should pay tuition at religious schools

Maine Ban on Religious-School Funding May Survive Appeal

Maine’s ‘tuitioning’ program faces challenge in U.S. Appeals Court

Opinion | Bill Barr Thinks America Is Going to Hell

SCOTUS to Decide Separation of Church and State Case

EDITORIAL: Opportunity Scholarship lawsuit wins a Round 1 victory

State backs down on work-study ban against religious kids

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Maine public schools, groups weigh in on lawsuit over religious school funding

Justice Department supports Mainers’ challenge of religious school tuition ban

Roberts Court Resumes With Abortion, LGBTQ Rights at Center

Courts Have Chance to End Government Hostility Toward Religious Families and Schools

Supreme Court to Decide if Montana Can Bar Religious Schools From Tax-Credit Program

SCOTUS Considers If Public Schools Can Monopolize Teaching Religion

Tom Waddell: The court’s ‘limited’ rulings

Supreme Court to Consider State Aid for Students at Religious Schools

Religious scholars need not apply?

Lawsuit challenging exclusion of religious schools from town tuitioning program headed to higher court

Judge: Refusal to Pay for Religious School Is Constitutional

Federal judge rules against families seeking funding for religious schools

Court Upholds Maine Law Barring Taxpayer Funding For Religious Schools

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Institute for Justice, First Liberty Institute and parents will appeal decision to federal circuit court Federal Judge Turns Down Challenge to Maine Law Excluding Religious Schools from State’s Tuition Program

Federal judge upholds Maine law, bars state funding for religious schools

Supreme Court strikes down Tennessee liquor sales law

Letter to the editor: ACLU sustains outdated bias against religious education

The Universal Notebook: Separation of church and state (and school)

Attorneys argue over Maine ban on public funding of religious schools

Religious school lawsuit before federal judge

Argument over religious tuition payments in federal court

Justice Dept. Backs Religious School Choice in Case on Maine Tuition Program

Justice Department backs plaintiffs in Maine religious school tuition case

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Florida’s original school choice rebels say fight isn’t over

Few speak in favor of omnibus education bill (UPDATED)

West Virginia House Finance Committee Back to Square One on Education Bill

House committee takes another stab at ESAs, charter schools

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Years-long lawsuit challenged the constitutionality of Florida Tax Credit and McKay Scholarships Florida Supreme Court Ends Challenge to Scholarship Programs

Education Savings Accounts Remain a Choice for Arizona Parents

ACLU may weigh in on use of tax dollars for religious school tuition

Maine is wrong to withhold tuition from parents who send kids to religious schools

“There is an Open Question”: Four Religious School Choice Cases That Could Face SCOTUS and Kavanaugh

Watching for affirmative action questions as Kavanaugh hearing kicks off

From Maine to Puerto Rico, school choice spawns legal battles

As Maine goes, so goes the nation?

Bangor Christian students head back to school as plaintiffs in a lawsuit

Two New Skirmishes Break Out over Church/State Divide

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New federal lawsuit seeks to end religious discrimination and vindicate parental liberty Maine Parents Challenge Law Excluding Religious Schools from the State’s Tuition Program

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Maine Families Fight for School Choice in U.S. Supreme Court Appeal Maine School Choice III

Washington state work-study program blocks people of faith

State Religious Liberty Protections in Danger as School Funding Cases Progress

Kavanaugh Could Unlock Funding for Religious Education, School Voucher Advocates Say

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Victory for Puerto Rico Families as Supreme Court Upholds Scholarship Program

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Victoria para Familias Puertorriqueñas en la Confirmación por el Tribunal Supremo del Programa de Becas

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Puerto Rico Families Will Fight for Scholarship Program at Commonwealth’s Supreme Court

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Familias de Puerto Rico Lucharán por Programa de Becas en el Tribunal Supremo

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Puerto Rico Families Stand Up for School Choice and Ask to Join Defense of Scholarship Program

Libre Selección de Escuelas en Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico School Choice

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With 130,000 Students’ Scholarships Hanging in the Balance, State Supreme Court Could Settle School Choice Question Once and For All School Choice Program Gets its Day in Florida Supreme Court

Douglas County school voucher program now officially dead after case dismissed by Colorado Supreme Court, officials say

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Facing Likelihood of Legal Victory for Educational Choice Local School Board & Anti-Choice Allies End Litigation before Precedent Could Be Set Leaving Colorado’s Legal Landscape Dealing with Educational Choice Unchanged Colorado Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Douglas County School Choice Program

The Douglas County voucher case is finally over

Colorado Supreme Court closes Douglas County school voucher case

Accountability concerns arise over education savings account bill

Arkansas scholarship program is cause for celebration, not hand-wringing

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Lone Star State Takes On Forfeiture and School Choice Reform

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Leading Legal Advocate of School Choice Says that Education Savings Accounts and Tax-Credit Scholarships are Good Policy and Clearly Constitutional Institute for Justice Applauds Filing of Texas School Choice Legislation

America’s School Choice Map: 5 Hot Spots for Vouchers, Savings Accounts and Tuition Tax Breaks

Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Education Pick, Plays Hardball With Her Wealth

Why Michigan Doesn’t Have School Vouchers and Probably Never Will

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But Says Technical Fix Required Before Program Can Be Funded Nevada Supreme Court Upholds the Nation’s Most Inclusive School Choice Program

School Choice Program’s Funding Source Unlawful, Nevada High Court Rules

Nevada Families One Step Closer to Educational Freedom

Nevada High Court Guts School Voucher Funding

Nevada Supreme Court Ruled ESA Program Is Constitutional

Nevada ESA’s Upheld, Sort Of

NV Supreme Court Says ESAs Are Unconstitutional In Current Form

Nevada Supreme Court ruling expected to affect school choice legislation nationwide

EDITORIAL: Choice decision

Nevada Supreme Court says state’s school choice law is unconstitutional

Supreme Court bars voucher program — for now

Nevada ESAs ruled constitutional, but funding hurdle remains

Unions lose their attempt to kill education savings accounts. Nevada’s School Choice Victory

Ruling finds accounts to pay for private school, tutoring used funding source that violated state law Nevada High Court Strikes Down School Savings Program

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Nevada Supreme Court ruling keeps Education Savings Account program suspended

Nevada Supreme Court ruling expected to affect school choice legislation nationwide

Good News About Education Reform? Just Look Around

Appeal planned after latest voucher ruling

Douglas County adds dedicated open records clerk

Douglas County’s long-running voucher effort hit with new legal challenges

Legal victory for two Florida school choice programs

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Institute for Justice Continues to Fight Earlier Injunction Against ESA Program Nevada’s ESA Program Ruled Constitutional in Second Legal Challenge to Nevada School Choice

Douglas County School District voucher program faces new legal challenge

Without This Option, School Choice Would Shrivel

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Parents Sue over Limiting Families’ Options under New School Choice Program Douglas County Religious Exclusion

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The school district's new grant program discriminates against families who wish to attend religious schools Parents Sue Douglas Co. Board of Educ. for Limiting Families’ Options under New School Choice Program

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School Choice Program Passes in South Dakota, Similar One Moves Forward in Maryland

Daugaard approves state-subsidized scholarships

Excluding religious schools in DougCo's new plan may trigger legal action from the right Is Douglas County’s new voucher program in deeper trouble than before?

Nevada parents join fight for school choice

Language in Nevada state constitution reveals 19th century anti-Catholic consensus, agenda

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Nevada Parents Stand Up for School Choice and Join Lawsuit to Defend ESA Program Nevada School Choice

Unions and the ACLU fight universal statewide school choice. Nevada’s Voucher Breakout

ACLU Challenges Nevada’s Education Savings Account Program

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North Carolina Parents Join Legal Battle To Defend School Choice Program North Carolina School Choice

School Choice Gains Momentum in South Carolina

61 Percent of Wisconsin Voters Support Expanding School Choice

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Louisiana Federation of Teachers, et al v State of Louisiana, et al Louisiana School Choice

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Defending Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts: Parents of Special Needs Children Must Again Defend Their Right to Choose Their Children’s Educational Options Arizona Education Savings

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IJ Successfully Defended Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program Indiana School Choice

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Defending Parents’ Right to Choose Their Children’s Schools: Douglas County, Colorado’s Innovative Scholarship Program Is Constitutional Douglas Co., Colorado’s Scholarship Program

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Arizona Foster Parents and Parents of Children with Disabilities Defend School Choice From Unprecedented Legal Attack Arizona Special Needs & Foster Care

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Florida Educational Choice Florida School Choice – Enrollment

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Securing Educational Opportunity For Colorado Families: Institute for Justice and Colorado Parents Defend Historic Parental Choice Program Colorado Opportunity Contract Program

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U.S. Supreme Court issued its most important educational decision since Brown v. Board of Education Cleveland, Ohio, School Choice (Federal Case)

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Florida School Choice: Opportunity Scholarship Programs

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Volokh Responds to Vermont Supreme Court Voucher Decision

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Institute for Justice Considers Appeal Of Adverse Maine School Choice Decision

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Cleveland, Ohio, School Choice (State Case)