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Summary
The Montana Department of Revenue wishes to shut down the state’s tuition tax credit program for private schools, citing Montana’s Blaine Amendment, because the program allows taxpayers to use the tax credit for both religious and nonreligious school tuition.
We are asking the court to set this right and to stop Vermont from treating religious schools and their students worse than everyone else.
In the past few months, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued several decisions that impact religious organizations. We're here to help church and ministry leaders break down the impact of these rulings.
People of faith have much to celebrate and many reasons for hope.
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Legal Documents
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"Court": "SupremeCourt",
"Title": "Friend-of-the-court brief in support of granting cert",
"FileName": "https://adflegal.blob.core.windows.net/mainsite-new/docs/default-source/documents/legal-documents/espinoza-v.-montana-department-of-revenue/espinoza-v-montana-department-of-revenue---friend-of-the-court-brief-in-support-of-granting-cert.pdf",
"Date": "4/15/2019 4:23:43 PM"
},
{
"Court": "SupremeCourt",
"Title": "Friend-of-the-court brief in support of Espinoza",
"FileName": "https://adflegal.blob.core.windows.net/mainsite-new/docs/default-source/documents/legal-documents/espinoza-v.-montana-department-of-revenue/espinoza-v-montana-department-of-revenue---friend-of-the-court-brief-in-support-of-espinoza.pdf",
"Date": "9/18/2019 7:27:37 PM"
},
{
"Court": "SupremeCourt",
"Title": "U.S. Supreme Court Decision",
"FileName": "https://www.adflegal.org/sites/default/files/2020-06/Espinoza%20v.%20Montana%20Department%20of%20Revenue%20-%20US%20Supreme%20Court%20opinion.pdf",
"Date": "6/30/2020 7:30:20 AM"
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Biographies
John Bursch
Senior Counsel, Vice President of Appellate Advocacy
John Bursch, Vice President of Appellate Advocacy with Alliance Defending Freedom. He has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court and over 30 State Supreme Court cases.