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Supreme Court hands victory to school voucher lobby – will religious minorities, nonbelievers and state autonomy lose out?

  • Written by Frank S. Ravitch, Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University
imageProtesters gather as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visits a school in Maryland.Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Supreme Court’s recent decision that Montana cannot exclude donations that go to religious schools from a small tax credit program could have consequences felt far beyond the state.

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