Supreme Court’s conservatives seem open to some state aid for religious schools

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices appeared inclined to endorse a Montana program that provided tax incentives to those who fund scholarships for families to use at religious schools.

While liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned at Wednesday’s oral argument that it would be a “radical” departure for the court, her ideological counterparts said excluding religious institutions from government programs open to others could amount to unconstitutional discrimination.