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Lucky Business/Shutterstock. Washington D.C., Dec 8, 2021 / 16:55 pm (CNA). Attorneys representing a Maine family at the Supreme Court are feeling confident following Wednesday’s oral arguments in the case Carson v. Makin. The case asks wh...

The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to rule that religious schools cant be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to rule that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money.

Supreme Court's conservatives signal they believe that denying aid for church schools may discriminate against religion.

IStock/plherrera(NEW YORK) -- Two families from Maine asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to expand taxpayer support for religious schools by requiring a state tuition assistance program to include sectarian as well as nonsectarian institutions. The case, which has been closely watched by school choice advocates, could significantly expand religious liberties and clear the way for broader public support for religious education. Opponents say it risks unconstitutional entanglement of chu...

SCOTUS heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that carries national implications regarding religious freedom as it relates to government-run school choice programs. 

But the money cannot be used to send children to sectarian schools, defined by the state as those that promote a particular faith or belief system and

(NEW YORK)  -- Two families from Maine asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to expand taxpayer support for religious schools by requiring a state tuition a

Lawyers debated whether Maine’s tuition assistance program discriminates against private schools where religion is prominent in their curriculum in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A majority of the Supreme Court justices viewed a Maine school choice program that excludes religious schools as discriminatory Dec. 8.