Maine restrictions on religious school funding overturned by Supreme Court, big decisions to come

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The case, Carson v. Makin, concerned a program in the state of Maine which offered tuition aid for private schools but excluded any school based in religion.
48% : It could also signal how the court will rule in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, a case dealing with the expression of religion at public schools.
45% : "Maine's 'nonsectarian' requirement for its otherwise generally available tuition assistance payments violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court's 6-3 decision.
34% : Attorney's arguing the case have said that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case legalizing abortion nationally, should be overturned entirely.
33% : If they the law is overturned, about half the country will see abortion made illegal.

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