https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap en-us 2021-12-13 20:52:54 UTC 2021-12-20 20:32:35 UTC hello@padlet.com kro509081 https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1945566408 - A pending case in the Supreme Court that relates to the First Amendment
-The state of Maine requires that every school-aged child has access to a free education. If a child cannot afford a private secondary school but is accepted than the state of Maine could be required to pay tuition for said student. However, if the secondary school must be a public school or an "approved" private school. In most circumstances, an approved private school is a school that has a nonsectarian affiliation, meaning that the school itself does not affiliate with a certain religion. This case was brought up by the Carson, Gillise, and Nelson families as they opted for their children to go to a secondary school that does have religious affiliation. Since this specific school is religiously affirmed, they did not recieve tuition assistance. These families than filed a lawsuit arguing that the “nonsectarian” requirement violates the Constitution on its face and as applied]]> 2021-12-13 20:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1945566408 kro509081 https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1945567028 -Worried that siding with Carson could mean that states are “going to get into all sorts of religious disputes” because taxpayers would object to having public money go to schools that they object to
- Would change a lot of aspects of separation of church and state
- Do the plaintiffs (Carsons) actually have standing since the schools they wanted to send their children to were apparently not willing to accept the state money even if it were available]]> 2021-12-13 20:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1945567028 pik508860 https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1957076668 Does a state law prohibiting students participating in an otherwise generally available student-aid program from choosing to use their aid to attend schools that provide religious, or “sectarian,” instruction violate the Religion Clauses or Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution?]]> 2021-12-20 14:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1957076668 pik508860 https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1957142348 - Not allowing religious schools to be in this program is religious discrimination
- Espinoza v. Montana precedent -- excluding faith based schools from scholarship programs is religious discrimination and violated the constitution's free exercise clause
- Maine allows "nominally" religious schools to be apart of the program 
- “A state need not subsidize private education. But once a state decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts
- Zelman v. Simmons-Harris precedent -- the Court ruled that school-voucher programs were constitutional so long as state dollars didn’t directly fund religious schools. If funds went to parents, and parents voluntarily chose religious schools, the state was not supporting religion]]> 2021-12-20 15:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1957142348 kro509081 https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1957640027 2021-12-20 20:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1957640027 kro509081 https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1957647747 This case determines whether or not it is constitutional for the government to help gave aid to families involving private school tuition that affiliates with a certain religion. ]]> 2021-12-20 20:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kro509081/hd1bkq2j7y6nh4ap/wish/1957647747