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Money, schools and religion: A controversial combo returns to the Supreme Court

  • Written by Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
Money, schools and religion: A controversial combo returns to the Supreme CourtCarson v. Makin comes on the heels of other SCOTUS cases about aid to students in religious schools.franckreporter/E+ via Getty Images

Since 1947, one topic in education has regularly come up at the Supreme Court more often than any other: disputes over religion.

That year, in Everson v. Board of Education, the justices upheld a New Jersey law...

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