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Article: U.S. Supreme Court Ducks Wisconsin Voucher Controversy.
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review Wisconsin's voucher law, leaving intact a religious school aid program in Milwaukee.
The high court's Nov. 9 action does not mean that vouchers are constitutional and sets no national precedent. Nevertheless, voucher opponents were disappointed, saying they had hoped the Supreme Court would agree to hear the Jackson v. Benson case and strike down the voucher scheme. Only one justice, Stephen G. Breyer, voted to hear the case.
Americans United helped bring the lawsuit, which challenged a 1995 law in Wisconsin that expanded that state's private school "choice" plan to include religious schools. The program, put ...