Maine won’t have to change their state motto, but it might need to clarify its nuance. It is “Dirigo,” Latin for I direct, or I lead, and they are leading and directing … religious groups to sue them for violating their First Amendment Rights.
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Carson v. Makin
Vermont Lawmakers Look For Ways to Keep Kids From Attending Religious Schools
Vermont has a squishy Republican governor and veto-proof majorities of Dems in its legislature. Team Blue is looking for a workaround to Carson v. Makin which forbids a state with a tuitioning program from discriminating against children who might want to spend it at faith-based schools.
It is Time to Repeal the Blaine Amendment in New Hampshire
The United States Supreme Court recently issued a ruling in a Maine case (Carson v. Makin) that is another major victory for parents trying to find the education option that best meets the needs of their children.
Separation of Church and SLATE
On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court said that Maine “need not subsidize private education” [but] that “once a state decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious.” Why? The First Amendment.
SCOTUS: “Maine Cannot Exclude Religious Schools from Tuition-Assistance Program”
Democrats are pissed. The US Supreme Court has broken out that constitution-thingy and rained on their education monopoly parade. How so? It has been a long-standing policy for states to exclude religious schools from their tuitioning programs, but this has been ruled unconstitutional.