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States' restrictive anti-aid amendments stand squarely in the way of parents choosing religiously based schools for their children.

It was the fourth night of Michael Smerconish’s run as the temporary replacement of Chris Cuomo and he was already showing boss Jeff Zucker just how awful he could be.

It was the fourth night of Michael Smerconish’s run as the temporary replacement of Chris Cuomo and he was already showing boss Jeff Zucker just how awful he could be.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard a free-exercise challenge to a scholarship program in Maine that pays for some students to attend private schools but excludes from the program schools that provide any kind of religious instruction.

A prohibition on distributing government funds to “sectarian,” or religious, schools is written into the constitutions of 36 states. Such provisions are known as Blaine Amendments. Last year, the Supreme Court considered and then invalidated the specific prohibition contained in the Montana Constitution.

The lawsuit states Maine's tuition assistance program is unconstitutional because it does not provide funding for students attending religious schools.

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...

Does it violate the Constitution to prohibit students from using funds from a state educational aid program to attend a religious school?

The Supreme Court heard sides Wednesday on whether religious schools can be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations' access to taxpayer money.

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