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No need to fear vouchersOur national stance on church-state separation need not be so rigid and absolute that it blocks potentially valuable school-reform experiments. But let's not oversell it, either (Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune)

America still hates vouchersLiberals can rest easy: no matter what the Supreme Court says, voters won't support the programs (Jonathan Alter, Newsweek)

Let's not rush into vouchersWe see vouchers creating more harm than good (Editorial, Las Vegas Sun)

Voucher victoryThe court unwisely upholds an Ohio plan (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

"Creationist victory" in Supreme CourtVoucher ruling is a victory for the religious right, which wants the biblical story of creation taught in schools instead of evolution (New Scientist)

News analysis on the voucher decision includes:

The battleground shiftsThe ruling would seem to hold at least the potential of a turnaround for a movement that has attracted an unusual assortment of advocates—from conservatives to religious leaders to parents in urban minority neighborhoods to a sitting president of the United States—but that has seemed in danger of drifting off the horizon (The New York Times)

Voucher backers see opening for a wider agendaLegislators around the country are likely to begin exploring ways of spending money previously reserved for public education (The New York Times)

Supreme Court's voucher ruling dramatic, not surprisingAs foreseeable as outcome might have been, the feeling was inescapable, among dissenters and others, that the Court crossed a new threshold (Tony Mauro, Freedom Forum)

In states, hurdles loomBlaine amendments, which forbid using tax dollars for religious schools, are a serious threat to voucher supporters because the Supreme Court does not have the final word (The New York Times)

Green light, red flagOpening the floodgates for school vouchers won't help Republicans (William Saletan, Slate.com)

One small stepBig challenges still lie ahead for school-choice proponents (Thomas J. Bray, The Wall Street Journal)

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August 5 2002, Vol. 46, No. 9