Foreword
In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an Ohio program offering parents tuition vouchers to
use at private schools, including religious-affiliated ones, did not violate the prohibition on
laws “respecting an establishment of religion” in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. A 5-4 majority in Zelman v. Harris said that since government funds went to parents and not the schools, and that the law was neutral in its crafting, it passed legal muster. The court, however, did not decide …
