To: optiguy
The article is not clear but apparently these donations provide STATE tax relief. Why would the federal court even have taken this case? It would seem as though this was a state issue to be decided by state courts. Where is the federal interest here?
To: arrogantsob
The article is not clear but apparently these donations provide STATE tax relief. Why would the federal court even have taken this case? It would seem as though this was a state issue to be decided by state courts. Where is the federal interest here?
Presumably the Establishment Clause is argued. A tax credit is like a government payment to a religious entity, they would argue.
27 posted on
04/04/2011 10:25:53 AM PDT by
Atlas Sneezed
("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
To: arrogantsob
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Why would the federal court even have taken this case? It would seem as though this was a state issue to be decided by state courts. Where is the federal interest here?"
You mean the Federal government doesn't have standing here?
/sarcasm off
29 posted on
04/04/2011 10:56:34 AM PDT by
grayeagle
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