Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0789
America First Constitutional Standard — Version 1.0
Case Information
- Source
- Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Reports Vol. 591 (Preliminary Print, Part 2)
- Author
- Chief Justice John Roberts (opinion of the Court, 5-4; Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, JJ., concurring)
- Publication Date
- 2020-06-30
- Content Type
- Judicial Opinion / Legal-Normative Text
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-20
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
AF★CS
Verdict
85
/ 100
America First
Source: Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Reports Vol. 591 (Preliminary Print, Part 2)
Constitutional Alignment: 84·Factual Reliability: 89
Holding
Montana's constitutional no-aid provision, applied to bar religious schools and the parents who choose them from a neutral, generally available student-scholarship program solely because of the schools' religious status, discriminates on the basis of religious status in violation of the Free Exercise Clause; such status-based discrimination triggers strict scrutiny under Trinity Lutheran, which Montana's interest in a stricter church-state separation than the federal Establishment Clause requires cannot survive.
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It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0789 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.
The Standard is the Standard.