August 9, 2002
Court Strikes Down Washington State Law
A Washington State law that denies merit-based financial aid to students majoring in theology infringes on their religious rights, a federal appeals court ruled last month.
The 2-to-1 decision by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the state had violated the First Amendment's religious-freedom provision and the 14th Amendment's equal-protection guarantees when it rescinded Joshua Davey's scholarship in 1999, after he decided to major in both business
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