U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
May 21, 2016
School choice should encompass religious institutions
The Supreme Court's answer to a Blaine Amendment challenge could decide the constitutional rights of 1.3 million school-choice participants.
What do rubber tire scraps have to do with school-choice options like vouchers? A lot, it turns out, and a case involving those tire scraps that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court could have a wide-ranging impact on whether parents can access those choice options.
The case, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Pauley, involves a Missouri state program that provides grants for organizations like schools to use recycled shredded tire materials to make playground surfaces s...
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