Supreme Court decision for Maine parents paves road for school choice

Maine parents believed they should use their education tax dollars to send their kids to religious schools. Supreme Court agreed, delivering a victory for religious liberty.

David McIntosh is the president of the Club For Growth.    

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court’s opinion in Carson v. Maykin: "Regardless of how the benefit and restriction are described, the program operates to identify and exclude otherwise eligible schools on the basis of their religious exercise."

The ruling for the parents also represents a huge victory for the parental school choice movement. It clears the way for programs that offer parents more control over their children’s education and more alternatives to failed educational bureaucracies focused on preserving their monopolies.