Carson v. Makin
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 21, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 21, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Roberts
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2021 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus CARSON, AS PARENT AND NEXT FRIEND OF O. C., ET AL. v. MAKIN CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT No. 20–1088. Argued December 8, 2021—Decided June 21, 2022 Maine has enacted a program of tuition assistance for parents who live in school districts that neither operate a secondary school of their own nor contract with a particular school in another district. Under that program, parents designate the secondary school they would like their child to attend, and the school district transmits payments to that school to help defray the costs of tuition. Participating private schools must meet certain requirements to be eligible to receive tuition pay- ments, including either accreditation from the New England Associa- tion of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) or approval from the Maine De- partment of Education. But they may otherwise differ from Maine public schools in various ways. Since 1981, however,…
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