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On the separation of Church and State(and, specifically, public funding for religious schools).
I'm not a lawyering sort of fellow by any stretch of the imagination.
My eyes, admittedly, frequently glaze over when I attempt to read legal briefs(I do try sometimes, honest!)
That being said, in my opinion, the following brief(in my feeble vernacular interpretation) from the Supreme Court of Hawai'i absolute scorches and rips the current majority #SCOTUS a new asshole.
It's well worth making the attempt to read, even for a lay-person(around page 28ish it gets kinda juicy if you want to skip ahead). It may not change much; but, there may be some small satisfaction, and hope(!), derived from seeing some opposition to this regime from within the current system. YMMV, of course.
Check it out here:
https://www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SCAP-23-0000310con.pdf
It's well worth attempting to read.
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But this court starts with factual error, at least by the excerpt. Contrary to what it said, no state is being forced to send funds to religious institutions. The premise is wrong.
What the Supreme Court said is that governments must be blind to religion. Separation of church and state prevents states from penalizing churches, from disfavoring people on the grounds of their religious beliefs.
The SCOTUS position is really one that's pretty common sensical.
