Greg Lipper Quoted in Vox.com on Monday's Supreme Court Decision on Funding of Religious Schools

Our partner Greg Lipper is quoted in Vox.com’s explainer on Monday’s Supreme Court decision in a major church-state-separation case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. In the 5–4 decision, the Court held that under the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, Montana may not exclude religious entities from a tax-credit program that funds scholarships to private secondary schools. Greg, who filed an amicus brief on behalf of several major disability-rights organizations, explained how the decision will inevitably lead to more discrimination against and segregation of children with disabilities:

[F]ederal disability laws barely protect children who attend private schools and religious schools … many of these schools refuse to admit children with disabilities, otherwise discriminate against these children, or fail to provide these children with the services they need.

Greg’s practice includes appellate and Supreme Court and First Amendment cases (as well as criminal defense). He prepared the amicus brief along with our of counsel Musetta Durkee.

Clinton & Peed has a wide-ranging appellate practice in federal and state appellate courts. In addition to regularly briefing and arguing civil and criminal appeals on behalf of private and court-appointed clients, we have represented a variety of individuals and organizations pro bono, including in cases presenting some of the most complex and high-profile issues before the Supreme Court.