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Courts and Law
The Imperial Presidency Meets Student Debt
Supreme Court skeptical of Biden’s unilateral loan forgiveness
Courts and Law
Supreme Court Skeptical in Affirmative Action Cases
No Civil War over oboe players, Chief Roberts reminds Harvard’s lawyer
Courts and Law
In West Virginia, Scholarship Program Faces a Legal Challenge
Defeated in legislatures, school-choice opponents look to courts
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The First Amendment’s Establishment Clause Doesn’t Suspend Free Speech and Free Exercise Rights, Supreme Court Rules
Opinion backs prayer by football coach, scraps Lemon test
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In Carson v. Makin, Justices Prolong Death of Blaine Amendments, but Don’t Quite Finish the Job
Supreme Court majority rules that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from tuitioning program
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Minneapolis Tries to Protect Minority Teachers from Layoffs
New contract was worded with care, but faces legal peril as unduly race-based
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Coach’s Prayer Receives Jesuitical Analysis by Supreme Court
A “center of attention” test, coercion test, and endorsement test are discussed as standards for religious speech by school employees
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Suits Challenging Book “Banning” May Be Better Politics than Law
School boards can’t suppress ideas they dislike but do have “broad discretion”
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Supreme Court Oral Argument in Carson v. Makin Sends Hopeful Signal for Religious School Aid
Justices May Drop Distinction Between Religious Status and Use, Sending State Blaine Amendments To Scrap Heap
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Blaine Fights Back
Michigan families sue, seeking the ability to use their 529 savings accounts to pay for tuition at private religious schools.