U.S. SUPREME COURT DIVIDED OVER PUBLIC FUNDS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared divided over a Montana tax credit program that could benefit private religious schools in a case that could open the door to more public funding for religious institutions.
In the major religious rights case, the justices heard about an hour of arguments in an appeal by three parents of students who attend a Christian school in Kalispell, Montana. They are challenging a lower court ruling that struck down the tax credit program as a violation of the state constitution’s ban on government aid to religious schools and churches.