The Education Exchange: Supreme Court to Weigh Whether Maine Can Exclude Religious Schools

“It’s religious discrimination… and it’s unconstitutional,” says lawyer Michael Bindas, explaining the First Amendment issue in Carson v. Makin.

Photo of Michael BindasA senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, Michael Bindas, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the Carson v. Makin, which challenges Maine’s exclusion of religions options from the state’s tuition assistance program for residents outside of public school districts who send their children to private schools.

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