Supreme Court Questions Colorado Over Exclusion of Religious Schools from Preschool Program

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding whether Colorado's universal preschool initiative can legally exclude religious institutions that maintain faith-based standards.

Justice Samuel Alito highlighted Colorado’s dismal record at the Supreme Court in the past decade on First Amendment issues when questioning the state’s requirements for its universal preschool program, which the state says must exclude Catholic schools. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in St. At issue is whether a state may, without ever naming religion, attach a condition to public money in Colorado's taxpayer-funded universal preschool program it knows certain faiths cannot accept.

How do you respond to those concerns?' asked Justice Kavanaugh. "Explain what the difference is between" explicitly excluding religious schools "and then choosing to impose a ​condition that you know that those schools will be unable to agree to?" Justice Barrett asks state's lawyer.

Washington Examiner reported the story as "Alito highlights Colorado's poor Supreme Court record during Catholic preschool case."

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