Reply To: Religious Schools Funding — State Blaine Amendments Overturned by Supreme Court

However there is no requirement, at least under Federal law, to fund private schools. Furthermore, most non-sectarian private schools are “prep” schools which by definition are not in need of public funds. It is surprising that the four Democrat judges all supported the Blaine amendment, considering that in the past it was the Democrats supporting ethnic and religious minorities, and Republicans supporting the Blaine amendment. The change in the Democratic position is bad for yeshivos, since in states with a Democratic majority, the legislature is unlikely for fund any non-public schools, which is still their option. If the refuse to fund the private schools for rich kids, they can also refuse to fund the religious schools serving poor kids.