'Green Light' For School Vouchers?

By Mark Walsh

Washington

The private-school-choice movement claimed new momentum last week after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a state court ruling that upheld the pioneering Milwaukee voucher program.

While voucher opponents emphasized that the high court's refusal to review the case was not a ruling on the constitutionality of vouchers for students in religious schools, some supporters said they were free to interpret the court's action as a "green light" to push for Milwaukee-style plans elsewhere.

"By declining to review the Wisconsin ruling, the Supreme Court leaves intact the most definitive court decision to date, which solidly supports the constitutionality of school choice," said Clint Bolick, the litigation director of the Institute for Justice, a Washington legal organization that represents a group of low-income...