SCOTUS Case: Can Public Money Go to Religious Schools?

The latest case to come before the U.S. Supreme Court on religious rights and school choice has been nearly 150 years in the making. The justices on Dec. 8 will consider the state of Maine's exclusion of "sectarian" religious schools from its distinctive "tuitioning" program that first took hold in the 1870s, in which towns without their own high schools pay the tuition for students to attend public schools in other communities or private schools. The consequences for private school choice and government aid to religion will likely be felt well beyond that state.