It's a decision that gave many Supreme Court watchers a bad case of whiplash. For decades, the Court said that direct state funding for faith-based schools was constitutionally forbidden. But in Carson v Makin, the Court said that those same religion clauses require the state to fund religious schools in some circumstances.

What's behind the Court's 180-degree turn on this issue? And how could it potentially transform our educational landscape?

Show Notes

"A Matter of Interpretation" by Alan Brownstein | Article for Liberty Magazine current trajectory of First Amendment jurisprudence

"A Step Too Far"? by Nicholas Miller, Alan Reinach | Article for Liberty Magazine on the landmark Supreme Course case, Carson v. Makin