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Justice Alito’s Brief Retelling of Blaine Amendment History
"Bigoted code language" and the claim that "popery is the natural enemy of general education."
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A Short-Lived Constitutional Right to Education
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Joshua Dunn, a professor of political science at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the Supreme Court case Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which challenges Montana’s ban on tax-credit scholarships to religious schools.
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The Education Exchange: School Choice and Blaine Amendments in Montana
Richard Komer, a former Senior Litigation Attorney at the Institute for Justice, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, a case which could declare the Blaine Amendments in 38 state constitutions unconstitutional.
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New York State Cracks Down on Jewish Schools
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Supreme Court Partially Junks a Lemon
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The Education Exchange: Public Sector Unions Not Devastated by Janus
When the Supreme Court ruled last year in Janus v. Afscme that unions could no longer collect agency fees from employees who choose not to join, many predicted a major decline in union membership. But according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, public union membership declined less than 1% in 2018. In this episode, Paul E. Peterson talks with Daniel DiSalvo.
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