By barring the use of public funding for religious high schools, the state is violating the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, says the firm representing three Maine families.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Democracy demands action from the political center
If moderates from both parties don’t assert themselves, extremists will dominate the debate.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Breyer says he hasn’t decided when to retire from Supreme Court
The court’s oldest justice said his health would be the primary consideration in his eventual decision, with “the court” being a second factor.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Supreme Court undercuts farm labor organizers
This ruling doesn’t end labor rights in the fields. It just makes it harder for mostly nonwhite, non-English-speaking workers to exercise those rights.
Posted inNation & World
Barrett moves Supreme Court further right – cautiously
Whether that reflects a rookie justice’s first-term caution or a more-ingrained inclination to moderation will determine her place among the court’s six-member conservative majority.
Posted inLocal & State, News
U.S. Supreme Court will take up Maine religious school tuition case
The plaintiffs are Maine families who want to use a public tuition reimbursement to send their children to Bangor Christian School and Temple Academy in Waterville.
Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court won’t revive school’s transgender bathroom ban
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas voted to hear a school board’s appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Supreme Court gets it right on student free speech, privacy of the home
In rulings in two cases, the high court protects constitutional rights but shows flexibility.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Maine school choice case
The justices of the top court are deciding whether to hear a case filed by Maine families who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.
Posted inNation & World
High court limits when police can enter home without a warrant
It rules that when officers are pursuing someone suspected of a misdemeanor, they cannot always enter a residence without a warrant if a suspect enters.