However, all is not well on the home-front. (WORTH NOTING).* However, all is not well on the home-front. The Supreme Court announced September 25 that it would decide once and for all the constitutionality of school voucher A school voucher, also called an education voucher, is a certificate by which parents are given the ability to pay for the education of their children at a school of their choice, rather than the public school (UK state school) to which they were assigned. programs. The Court agreed to review a U.S. appeals court ruling, which struck down an experimental private school voucher program in Cleveland on constitutional grounds. Church-state activists are viewing this case as the most critical church-state case in fifty years. With a five-four conservative majority, the Court has handed down a string of recent rulings that lowered the wall of church-state separation but it has never decided the voucher A receipt or release which provides evidence of payment or other discharge of a debt, often for purposes of reimbursement, or attests to the accuracy of the accounts. issue. To date, the majority of voters in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. have rejected voucher referenda, but the Supreme Court could counter their wishes and breach the wall completely. Karen Ann Gajewski is an editor at the Humanist hu·man·ist n. 1. A believer in the principles of humanism. 2. One who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans. 3. a. A classical scholar. b. A student of the liberal arts. . |
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