Supreme Court's Error in 2002 Decision Makes for Unconstitutional Monetary Giveaway

Location

CSU 284

Start Date

24-4-2006 3:15 PM

End Date

24-4-2006 5:00 PM

Student's Major

Philosophy

Student's College

Arts and Humanities

Mentor's Name

Craig Matarrese

Mentor's Department

Philosophy

Mentor's College

Arts and Humanities

Description

My thesis is that the Supreme Court made in an error in judgment in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. I propose to support my thesis with two separate steps. First, I will make an analysis of all of the concurring and dissenting opinions. Second, I will create three sound arguments amongst this by examining all of the arguments individually. Furthermore, I will conclude that the Supreme Court's decision on the Program at hand fails the test of Constitutionality. It fails this test because it directly funded thousands of children every year to learn religious indoctrination. It has not been helping a disabled child learn, or allowed a child to get to school on a bus. It has been directly giving more than enough money for that child to choose a school of religion, since, with the Program at hand, that will be the only thing the child can afford. It is unconstitutional to allow one religion preference over another, and that is what has happened with Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. Thus, I will be arguing that the decision over the governmental supply of monetary funds to religious schools in Cleveland, Ohio, which was decided in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, was unconstitutional.

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Supreme Court's Error in 2002 Decision Makes for Unconstitutional Monetary Giveaway

CSU 284

My thesis is that the Supreme Court made in an error in judgment in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. I propose to support my thesis with two separate steps. First, I will make an analysis of all of the concurring and dissenting opinions. Second, I will create three sound arguments amongst this by examining all of the arguments individually. Furthermore, I will conclude that the Supreme Court's decision on the Program at hand fails the test of Constitutionality. It fails this test because it directly funded thousands of children every year to learn religious indoctrination. It has not been helping a disabled child learn, or allowed a child to get to school on a bus. It has been directly giving more than enough money for that child to choose a school of religion, since, with the Program at hand, that will be the only thing the child can afford. It is unconstitutional to allow one religion preference over another, and that is what has happened with Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. Thus, I will be arguing that the decision over the governmental supply of monetary funds to religious schools in Cleveland, Ohio, which was decided in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, was unconstitutional.

Recommended Citation

Rolfsrud, Bailey Breck. "Supreme Court's Error in 2002 Decision Makes for Unconstitutional Monetary Giveaway." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 24, 2006.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2006/oral-session-I/4