Grading The Court on <it>Zelman</it>: School Vouchers and the Politics of Establishment Jurisprudence

Authors: Hicks, Jane E.; Barnett, William R.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 73, Number 3, September 2005 , pp. 637-657(21)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Abstract:

The U.S. Supreme Court recently approved a Cleveland-based school voucher program that raises serious establishment-of-religion questions and heralds potentially far-reaching changes in church–state relations. The Court’s opinion in that case, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002), is assessed here in view of the social and historical contexts in which these issues have arisen as well as for its coherence with First Amendment principles and ensuing policy implications.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfi073

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