The court said that a Montana tax credit program that directed money to private schools could not exclude religious schools. Three low-income mothers had sought to use the funds from a state initiative toward their kids' religious education. The Montana Supreme Court invalidated the whole program, holding that it violated the state Constitution that bars state funds to aid religious schools. The Institute for Justice asked the court to rule that the state Supreme Court opinion violated the US Constitution. They said that Montana's amendment that bars state funds for religious schools violates the equal protection clause because it is rooted in religious animus.

Source: CNN June 30, 2020 14:21 UTC