Carson v. Makin
2022 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carson v. Makin, 596 U.S. 767 (2022), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case related to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Free Exercise Clause. It was a follow-up to Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue.
Carson v. Makin | |
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Argued December 8, 2021 Decided June 21, 2022 | |
Full case name | David Carson, as Parent and Next Friend of O. C., et al. v. A. Pender Makin, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Maine Department of Education |
Docket no. | 20-1088 |
Citations | 596 U.S. 767 (more) |
Argument | Oral argument |
Decision | Opinion |
Holding | |
Maine's "nonsectarian" requirement for the otherwise generally available tuition assistance payments violates the Free Exercise Clause. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Roberts, joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett |
Dissent | Breyer, joined by Kagan; Sotomayor (all but Part I–B) |
Dissent | Sotomayor |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
The case centered on the limits of school vouchers offered by the state of Maine, which had disallowed the use of vouchers to pay for religious-based private schools. In a 6–3 decision the Court ruled that Maine's restrictions on vouchers violated the Free Exercise Clause, as they discriminated against religious-backed private schools. The minority opinions argued that the decision worked against the long-standing principle of the separation of church and state, since state governments would now be required to fund religious institutions.