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Supreme Court takes up religious liberty case over Colorado preschool program

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a religious liberty dispute involving a Colorado preschool program. The case centers on whether the state can exclude a religious institution from a publicly available preschool benefit program without violating the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause. The Court's decision to take the case follows a line of recent rulings — including Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue (2020) and Carson v. Makin (2022) — in which the Court has expanded religious institutions' access to public funding programs. Colorado's exclusion of the religious preschool will be tested against that precedent.

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Supreme Court takes up religious liberty case over Colorado preschool program

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The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Colorado's preschool program, which excludes religious schools from participating. The case tests whether a state can bar faith-based institutions from a publicly funded program without violating the First Amendment's free exercise clause. The Court's recent decisions in Espinoza v. Montana and Carson v. Makin have consistently ruled against such exclusions, making

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Key Issues

  • • Free Exercise Clause challenge to exclusion from public preschool program
  • • Government funding of religious institutions under Espinoza and Carson precedent
  • • Scope of state authority to condition public benefits on secular participation
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Supreme Court takes up religious liberty case over Colorado preschool program

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Colorado's preschool program, which excludes religious schools from participating. The case tests whether a state can bar faith-based institutions from a publicly funded program without violating the First Amendment's free exercise clause. The Court's recent decisions in Espinoza v. Montana and Carson v. Makin have consistently ruled against such exclusions, making Colorado's position difficult to defend.

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