First, the conservative majority held that non-U.S. citizens outside U.S. territory have no constitutional rights, calling this claim a "bedrock" principle. But it isn't!
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We're really overdue for an opinion in a big church-state case, Espinoza v. Montana, which could force some 30 states to fund private religious schools with taxpayer dollars. I wrote about the case here: slate.com/news-and-polit…
SCOTUS hasn't scheduled any July opinion days ... yet.
*or talk until the Supreme Court police shush us
Breyer dissents.
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But it's not clear if that's allowed, either. It's exactly what Montana did here, and the Supreme Court just found it violated the Free Exercise Clause.
After decades of debate in our communities, houses of worship, city councils, and legislatures about state funding of religious education, five lawyers in Washington, D.C. just settled the matter for the nation.