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.
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