Justin Snow talks to a legal scholar about what to expect from the Supreme Court this year.
Are there any upcoming cases on the docket of particular concern to liberals?
I think the Arizona-Christian Schools case on whether the government can, through its tax system, subsidize religious schools, and who has standing to challenge it, becomes very important. The Obama administration, unfortunately, is arguing against [the state government having] standing, and I think this could be an enormously important case in terms of separation of church and state. I worry that there are five justices on the current court that [could] dramatically change the law in regards to separation of church and state. That is, obliterate the law separating church and state. And this could be the case where we see it. It’s very discouraging [that] the Obama administration came out saying no standing to challenge.
