Supreme Court rules religious schools are eligible for state aid in some circumstances
, who has joined the liberal justices in three other major rulings this month.
The case was brought by three mothers from Montana who sought $500 tuition scholarships funded by a state tax credit program. The state's supreme court struck down the program, citing the separation of church and state and prompting state officials to deny funds to secular schools as well. Teachers unions and civil rights groups worried that if the floodgates open for religious school funding, public schools will suffer. They said a ruling for the religious school parents would violate the Constitution.
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