trinity lutheran v. comer
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Foes of school choice in DougCo rest their case on an odious policy with a dark history
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Debate surrounding state constitutional “Blaine Amendments,” which prohibit government aid to “sectarian” institutions, has reached a crescendo as a result of the high-profile school board race in Douglas County. As deeply consequential litigation over Blaine Amendments and parental choice hangs in the balance between two opposing slates of school board candidates, some anti-choice interest groups…
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Denver archbishop hails U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘welcome surprise’
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Whatever the implications of last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer for a pending challenge of a school-voucher program in Douglas County, Denver’s influential Roman Catholic Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila sees the development as great news for religious freedom in general. That’s the upshot of a piece he penned last week for the…
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Colorado’s school voucher battle heats up again as DougCo case gets a new lease on life
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It has been two years since the Colorado Supreme Court said “no” to a Douglas County School District voucher program that would have defrayed the cost of private-school tuition – including at parochial schools – for parents who sought that alternative. The court’s majority held that the state constitution included, “broad, unequivocal language forbidding the…
