U.S. Supreme Court: Oral Arguments in ESPINOZA v. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Montana's Blaine Amendment requires the exclusion of schools with a religious affiliation from participation in the state's tax credit scholarship program. As a result, the Blaine Amendment discriminates against religious conduct, beliefs, and status in violation of the free-exercise clause under the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Trinity Lutheran.

The Montana Supreme Court disagreed. That court held that barring religious schools from the program did not violate the Federal Constitution. This Court should reverse that judgment, the petitioners argue.