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A 147-year-old dispute between church and state spills onto a school playground

  • Written by Frank S. Ravitch, Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University
imageWhy do so many state constitutions have provisions precluding funding for religious schools? Phil Roeder, CC BY

The United States Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case from Missouri that could have a significant impact on state funding of religious schools.

The case involved a church in Missouri, the Trinity Lutheran Church, that...

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