The Constitution wasn't intended to exclude religion, but to prevent the government from infringing upon religion. Mary Carol Flemming, Southeast Delco board president, agrees. Every parent who pays into the system should have the right to use the money to send their children to the schools they want. The white knight defending school choice When the Institute for Justice agreed to help defend Southeast Delco's scholarship plan against a legal challenge, it maintained its perfect record. If families are going to be taxed for education, we believe student assignment decisions should be restored to families too.
School choice is part of our positive agenda to empower people and restrain government.
When the Institute was created in 1992, cofounder Clint Bolick was already defending Milwaukee's choice program. Since then, it has added cases in Cleveland, Arizona, Maine, Vermont, and now Southeast Delco to its school choice docket. We haven't developed any rigid selection criteria, because there aren't many school choice cases out there yet to choose from. The Institute for Justice handles all its cases on a pro-bono basis. Click here to go to the Institute For Justice web site.