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FBaggins

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1. Not much chance of victory there

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 03:28 PM

Apr 2018

The lower court's ruling is consistent with what several other states have said about other "Blaine Amendment" restrictions (though on narrower grounds)... and if it gets past the state SC, SCOTUS would likely tell them that Trinity Lutheran v. Comer and Zelman v. Simmons-Harris controlled in this scenario (cementing the loss to all 50 states).

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Not much chance of victory there FBaggins Apr 2018 #1