U.S. Supreme Court
Apr. 6, 2011
Taxpayers Can't Sue Over School Funding
A group of Arizona taxpayers lack the standing to mount a legal challenge to a state program that indirectly funds religious schools as an unconstitutional subsidy for religion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - In a decision that further chips away at the wall between government money and religion, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona taxpayers lack the standing to challenge a state program that indirectly funds religious schools.
The court's five conservative justices overturned the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by finding the taxpayers unable to sue because the pro...
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