A win for vouchers: school choice upheld.

• Author: Denning, C.R.
• Position: North Carolina - Brief article

IN JULY, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in favor of the state's school voucher program, which provides state funds to low-income students ship Program to be a violation of the state's Constitution.

The arguments hinged on the North Carolina Constitution's "public purpose" doctrine, which provides that "the power of taxation be exercised in a just and equitable manner, for public purposes only."

"The main constitutional flaw in this program is that it provides no framework at all for evaluating any of...