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Cite as:  591 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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ALITO, J., concurring 

ture  but  overturned  by  the  Montana  Supreme  Court  pro-
vided  necessary  aid  for  parents  who  pay  taxes  to  support 
the public schools but who disagree with the teaching there. 
The program helped parents of modest means do what more
affluent parents can do: send their children to a school of
their choice.  The argument that the decision below treats
everyone the same is reminiscent of Anatole France’s sar-
donic remark that “ ‘[t]he law, in its majestic equality, for-
bids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to
beg in the streets, and to steal bread.’ ”  J. Cournos, A Mod-
ern Plutarch 35 (1928).