Comments on: Another Horrific Decision By an Agenda-Driven Plurality of the Supreme Court https://halifaxlaw.com/another-horrific-decision-by-an-agenda-driven-plurality-of-the-supreme-court/ Lawyer / Barrister / Solicitor Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:35:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: DLC https://halifaxlaw.com/another-horrific-decision-by-an-agenda-driven-plurality-of-the-supreme-court/#comment-65 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:35:49 +0000 https://halifaxlaw.com/?p=491#comment-65 Allow me to give you some music to go with the stained glass

Chag Sameach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_HANu1pTA4&feature=related

]]> By: Derek Brett https://halifaxlaw.com/another-horrific-decision-by-an-agenda-driven-plurality-of-the-supreme-court/#comment-64 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:01:28 +0000 https://halifaxlaw.com/?p=491#comment-64 Art, respectfully, I believe that you are missing the point. First, I question your figure of “2/3” of the money being directed to secular schools. Rather, I believe that the disproportionate amount would have been given to religious schools. Notwithstanding, even if we were to adopt your representation, the provision of any money going to religious schools — by your estimation, 33.33% — constitutes a violation of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.

Moreover, the issue in the AZ case is not whether this violated the Establishment Clause, but whether taxpayers had standing to sue for a perceived Establishment Clause violation. Prior to this rather cagey decision, the answer would have been “yes” under the 40+ year old precedent in Flast v. Cohen.

]]> By: art goold https://halifaxlaw.com/another-horrific-decision-by-an-agenda-driven-plurality-of-the-supreme-court/#comment-63 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:09:00 +0000 https://halifaxlaw.com/?p=491#comment-63 The tax credit allowed by Arizona benefits all STOs not just religious ones. Something like 2/3 of the money raised goes to secular schools.
It would seem to me difficult to prove Arizona taxpayers have been harmed by this tax credit any more than the taxpayer is harmed by giving credit to say, someone who purchases an electric vehicle.

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