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Mueller V. Allen: A Fairer Approach To The Establishment Clause, Michael S. Ariens
Mueller V. Allen: A Fairer Approach To The Establishment Clause, Michael S. Ariens
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The decision upheld by the United States Supreme Court in Mueller v. Allen helds a new dawn in establishment clause jurisprudence. This five-to-four decision, written for the majority by Justice Rehnquist, upheld a Minnesota statute permitting taxpayers to deduct the tuition, textbook, transportation, and instructional material expenses of their children when calculating their state tax liability. By this decision, the Court has cleared the way for an accommodation between church and state that more equitably recognizes the principles and values that the religion clauses were intended to protect.
Following a review of the history of the establishment clause, tuition tax …