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Education Funding In Maine In Light Of Zelman And Locke: Too Much Play In The Joints?, Sarah M. Lavigne Nov 2017

Education Funding In Maine In Light Of Zelman And Locke: Too Much Play In The Joints?, Sarah M. Lavigne

Maine Law Review

The United States Supreme Court has struggled with the countervailing directives of the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause for decades. One area in which this battle has been particularly contentious is the issue of public funding of religious schools. On one hand, opponents argue that such funding is an impermissible co-mingling of church and state, thereby violating the Establishment Clause. Meanwhile, proponents of public funding of religious schools argue that, to withhold funding from religious schools would place a burden on those wishing to send their children to religious schools, thereby impermissibly preventing individuals from practicing their faith …


Is It Unconstitutional To Prohibit Faith-Based Schools From Becoming Charter Schools?, Stephen D. Sugarman Aug 2015

Is It Unconstitutional To Prohibit Faith-Based Schools From Becoming Charter Schools?, Stephen D. Sugarman

Stephen D Sugarman

This article argues that it is unconstitutional for state charter school programs to preclude faith-based schools from obtaining charters. First, the “school choice” movement of the past 50 years is described, situating charter schools in that movement. The current state of play of school choice is documented and the roles of charter schools, private schools (primarily faith-based schools), and public school choice options are elaborated. In this setting I argue a) based on the current state of the law it would not be unconstitutional (under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause) for states to elect to make faith-based schools eligible for …


The First Amendment And The Socialization Of Children: Compulsory Public Education And Vouchers, Steven H. Shiffrin Jun 2015

The First Amendment And The Socialization Of Children: Compulsory Public Education And Vouchers, Steven H. Shiffrin

Steven H. Shiffrin

Criticism of American public schools has been a cottage industry since the Nineteenth Century. In recent years the criticism has gone to the roots. Critics charge that to leave children imprisoned in the public school monopoly is to risk the standardization of our children; it is to socialize them in the preferred views of the State. They argue that it would be better to adopt a system of vouchers or private scholarships to support a multiplicity of private schools. A multiplicity of such schools, it is said, would enhance parental choice, would foster competition, and would promote a diversity of …


The Week After, Lawrence K. Karlton Dec 2014

The Week After, Lawrence K. Karlton

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Excessive Entanglement: Development Of A Guideline For Assessing Acceptable Church-State Relationships , James M. Zoetewey May 2013

Excessive Entanglement: Development Of A Guideline For Assessing Acceptable Church-State Relationships , James M. Zoetewey

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Marsh V. Chambers: The Supreme Court Takes A New Look At The Establishment Clause, Diane L. Walker Feb 2013

Marsh V. Chambers: The Supreme Court Takes A New Look At The Establishment Clause, Diane L. Walker

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Avoiding Religious Apartheid: Affording Equal Treatment For Student-Initiated Religious Expression In Public Schools , John W. Whitehead Jan 2013

Avoiding Religious Apartheid: Affording Equal Treatment For Student-Initiated Religious Expression In Public Schools , John W. Whitehead

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Why Non-Discrimination Policies In Higher Education Require A Second Look: The Battle For First Amendment Freedom In The University Setting, Rebecca D. Ryan Jan 2013

Why Non-Discrimination Policies In Higher Education Require A Second Look: The Battle For First Amendment Freedom In The University Setting, Rebecca D. Ryan

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: A Constitutional Victory For School Choice, Robert L. Mcfarland Oct 2012

The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: A Constitutional Victory For School Choice, Robert L. Mcfarland

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mitchell V. Helms: Giving The Cleveland School Voucher Program A Fighting Chance, Tyler Neal May 2012

Mitchell V. Helms: Giving The Cleveland School Voucher Program A Fighting Chance, Tyler Neal

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


God, Jesus, Allah And Yahweh Should Be Government Employees: How Zelman V. Simmons-Harris Can Establish A Constitutional Framework For Government Funding Of Faith-Based Services, Craig A. Newell Jr. Jan 2004

God, Jesus, Allah And Yahweh Should Be Government Employees: How Zelman V. Simmons-Harris Can Establish A Constitutional Framework For Government Funding Of Faith-Based Services, Craig A. Newell Jr.

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


School Vouchers And The Constitution - Permissible, Impermissible, Or Required?, Gary J. Simson Jul 2002

School Vouchers And The Constitution - Permissible, Impermissible, Or Required?, Gary J. Simson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The First Amendment And The Socialization Of Children: Compulsory Public Education And Vouchers, Steven H. Shiffrin Jul 2002

The First Amendment And The Socialization Of Children: Compulsory Public Education And Vouchers, Steven H. Shiffrin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Criticism of American public schools has been a cottage industry since the Nineteenth Century. In recent years the criticism has gone to the roots. Critics charge that to leave children imprisoned in the public school monopoly is to risk the standardization of our children; it is to socialize them in the preferred views of the State. They argue that it would be better to adopt a system of vouchers or private scholarships to support a multiplicity of private schools. A multiplicity of such schools, it is said, would enhance parental choice, would foster competition, and would promote a diversity of …


Applying The Good News Club Decision In A Manner That Maintains The Separation Of Church And State In Our Schools, James L. Underwood Jan 2002

Applying The Good News Club Decision In A Manner That Maintains The Separation Of Church And State In Our Schools, James L. Underwood

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Zelman V. Simmons-Harris And The Private Choice Doctrine, Laura T. Rahe Jan 2002

Zelman V. Simmons-Harris And The Private Choice Doctrine, Laura T. Rahe

Cleveland State Law Review

In Zelman, the Court examined the constitutionality of an Ohio pilot program that took effect in the Cleveland City School District. One of the program's provisions permitted parents to use a tuition voucher for their children to attend public or private schools, including religious schools. The statute authorizing the program ensured that participating private schools remained affordable for the most disadvantaged children, and required that the schools refrain from "advocat[ing] or foster[ing] unlawful behavior or teach[ing] hatred of any person or group on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin or religion." The Cleveland program exemplifies one attempt, informed by …


Keeping The Sex In Sex Education: The First Amendment's Religion Clauses And The Sex Education Debate, Gary J. Simson, Erika A. Sussman Apr 2000

Keeping The Sex In Sex Education: The First Amendment's Religion Clauses And The Sex Education Debate, Gary J. Simson, Erika A. Sussman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


State V. Pendleton: Impermissible Delegations To Religious Institutions: Is Campbell University An Armed Church?, Stephen See Jan 1996

State V. Pendleton: Impermissible Delegations To Religious Institutions: Is Campbell University An Armed Church?, Stephen See

Campbell Law Review

This note will review the North Carolina Supreme Court's use and interpretation of Larkin and compare it with the interpretation of Larkin by other courts in cases that specifically follow Larkin.


The Wall Crumbles: A Look At The Establishment Clause Rosenberger V. Rector & Visitors Of The University Of Virginia, Paul L. Hicks Sep 1995

The Wall Crumbles: A Look At The Establishment Clause Rosenberger V. Rector & Visitors Of The University Of Virginia, Paul L. Hicks

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Frreedom Of Religion Jan 1995

Frreedom Of Religion

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judge Hand's History: An Analysis Of History And Method In Jaffree V. Board Of School Commissioners Of Mobile County, Michael Kent Curtis Sep 1983

Judge Hand's History: An Analysis Of History And Method In Jaffree V. Board Of School Commissioners Of Mobile County, Michael Kent Curtis

West Virginia Law Review

In Jaffree v. Board of School Commissioners, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama upheld, against a constitutional challenge, teacher led school prayers. In the companion case of Jaffree v. James, the court upheld the Alabama Prayer Law which permitted state sanctioned prayers in public schools. The religious exercises and the Prayer Law were, of course, unconstitutional when viewed in light of decisions of the United States Supreme Court holding that the first amendment erected a wall of separation between church and state. When faced with direct and settled precedent, the lower federal courts generally follow …


Committee For Public Education And Religious Liberty V. Regan, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1979

Committee For Public Education And Religious Liberty V. Regan, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Wolman V. Walters, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1976

Wolman V. Walters, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Meek V. Pittinger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Oct 1974

Meek V. Pittinger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.