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LOCKE, GOV. OF WA, ET AL. v. DAVEY, JOSHUA (38585)
Order dated: 05/19/03Docket number: 02-1315
Action:
The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.
LOCKE, GOV. OF WA, ET AL. v. DAVEY, JOSHUA (38585)
Order dated: 10/06/03Docket number: 02-1315
Action:
The motions of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument are granted.
A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:
The Washington Constitution provides that no public money shall be appropriated or applied to religious instruction. Following this constitutional command, Washington does not grant college scholarships to otherwise eligible students who are pursuing a degree in theology. Does the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment require the state to fund religious instruction, if it provides college scholarships for secular instruction?
An opinion has been handed down: