tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post7024053457494594441..comments2023-10-28T07:38:18.882-07:00Comments on Arizona's Politics: READ: U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Arizona Tax Credits Opens Up Way For Government To Help Any Private OrganizationMitch M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09357789360115625360noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-8729043693889216402011-04-12T09:09:53.978-07:002011-04-12T09:09:53.978-07:00Likewise, our state government wanted to exercise ...Likewise, our state government wanted to exercise its authority to bolster private schools - intentionally including private religious schools. However, its options are more limited - because of the Constitution - and the need for creativity has become higher and higher. This STO tax credit system was the result.* And, it has accomplished the goal of aiding private, religious schools.<br /><brMitch M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09357789360115625360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-46506976636862415852011-04-12T09:09:38.031-07:002011-04-12T09:09:38.031-07:00Thanks again, Tra. (I was hoping you were a regul...Thanks again, Tra. (I was hoping you were a regular reader of the blog and/or would come by to see if I had replied.)<br /><br />I liked your gas guzzler analogy. Unfortunately, I think your previous paragraph highlights the flaw in using a secular - though some might say environmentalism is akin to religion - tax credit example.<br /><br />You still appear to be forgetting about the Supreme Mitch M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09357789360115625360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-81414053147861793762011-04-11T23:04:02.855-07:002011-04-11T23:04:02.855-07:00"Basically, the Court found that in eliminati..."Basically, the Court found that in eliminating the middleman (the govt), the government can legislate monies to go religious schools without being challenged by taxpayers."<br /><br />Mitch, respectfully disagree.. The STO statute<br />does not give funds to religious schools. It permits taxpayers to take credit for monies sent to the STOs. Some 2/3 of the STOs are secular not trahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441430708049943860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-1580311994185454612011-04-11T08:10:40.342-07:002011-04-11T08:10:40.342-07:00Thanks for commenting, Tra. Your comment got me t...Thanks for commenting, Tra. Your comment got me to revisit this opinion and to think about it some more.<br /><br />If I understand you correctly, you're quoting the general rule of the concept of standing from the 1923 Frothingham case.<br /><br />However, my reading of the majority's opinion is that the Supreme Court was being asked to consider whether the plaintiffs had standing to Mitch M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09357789360115625360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-78641900885801877802011-04-08T16:09:35.805-07:002011-04-08T16:09:35.805-07:00“‘The party who invokes the power [of the federal ...“‘The party who invokes the power [of the federal courts] must be able to show not only that the statute is invalid, but that he has sustained or is immediately in danger of sustaining some direct injury as a result of its enforcement, and not merely that he suffers in some indefinite way in common with people generally.’”<br /><br />Seems pretty much irrefutable to me.. No matter<br />your Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756703635960735450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-90245166670403199422011-04-07T11:17:28.676-07:002011-04-07T11:17:28.676-07:00Thanks, Phx Justice! I think you - and, most every...Thanks, Phx Justice! I think you - and, most everyone - knows the answer to your thought! And, I have a feeling that some state (other than Arizona) will develop a tax credit program that may lead to a definitive answer.<br /><br />Recurring thought, related to yours, which I haven't gone back to check yet: Are they going to be able to restrict this opinion to tax credits with religious Mitch M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09357789360115625360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-85706479639730174472011-04-05T06:03:13.147-07:002011-04-05T06:03:13.147-07:00I wonder if the Supreme Court would have found tha...I wonder if the Supreme Court would have found that the plaintiffs had "standing" if it were gay or pro-choice organizations being funded through the use of tax credits. I am sure the conservative justices would have had no problem allowing the case to proceed to trial.Phoenix Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00666332075480974926noreply@blogger.com