Voucher Advocates Plan a Multistate Legal Battle

A legal group that played a key role in the U.S. Supreme Court case upholding private school vouchers is taking the stage for its second act.

The Institute for Justice, a libertarian and mostly conservative-leaning organization based in the nation's capital, has already filed lawsuits in Maine and Washington state seeking to remove state constitutional roadblocks to school choice programs.

Last week, the institute's lawyers held a press briefing here to outline a strategy for filing other school choice cases around the country. The ultimate goal: a return...

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