Supreme Court rules Maine violated Constitution by excluding religious schools in aid program

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Maine cannot exclude religious schools from a state tuition aid program, saying that doing so violates the First Amendment.
48% : The big picture: In a 6-3 opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that Maine's program "operates to identify and exclude otherwise eligible schools on the basis of their religious exercise."Catch up fast: The program allows parents who live in areas without public high schools to receive state assistance to cover tuition costs at public or private schools in other communities, as long as they are considered "nonsectarian."
46% :What they're saying: In the court's opinion, Roberts called attention to a 2020 case where the court ruled that states must allow religious schools to participate in programs that give scholarships to students attending private schools.
46% : In his dissenting opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that the majority "pays almost no attention" to the first clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from making a law establishing a religion.

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