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What You Need to Know About Religious School Case at the Supreme Court

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🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Should families be able to use school choice tax credits on religious schools? That's the question that's at the heart of Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which is the Supreme Court is hearing Wednesday. Heritage Foundation legal scholar Elizabeth Slattery breaks down the case for us. We also cover the following stories: A columnist claims his belief in only two sexes got him fired. President Trump and Greta Thunberg deliver dueling speeches on climate and environment. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., targets the wealthy in new remarks. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, Apple Podcasts, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, January 22nd.

0:09.2

I'm Kate Trinco and I'm Daniel Davis.

0:11.6

Can parents use tax credits to help send their kids to a religious school?

0:15.2

That's the question before the Supreme Court today. It's a major case that will have

0:19.2

implications for the whole country. I'll be joined by Heritage Foundation legal expert Elizabeth Slattery to

0:25.3

unpack the details. Plus a columnist for the Denver Post says he got fired for saying

0:30.3

there are only two sexes. We'll discuss.

0:33.0

And if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star rating on

0:37.8

Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe.

0:41.6

Now, on to our top news.

0:45.0

The Senate trial officially began on Tuesday and is expected to go three days.

0:52.0

Here's White House Council Pat Cibilani speaking via

0:55.8

CNN. That's because they have no case. Frankly they have no charge. When you

1:02.2

look at these articles of impeachment, they're not

1:05.1

only ridiculous, they are dangerous to our republic and why. First of all, the notion that invoking your constitutional rights to protect the

1:19.9

executive branch that's been done by just about every president since George

1:25.9

Washington. That that is obstruction. That is our patriotic duty, Mr. Schiff, particularly when confronted with a wholesale trampling of constitutional rights that I'm unfamiliar with in this country.

1:46.5

Frankly, it's the kind of thing that our State Department would criticize if we see it in foreign countries. We've never seen anything like it. And Mr.

1:55.1

Schiff said, have I got a deal for you? Abandon all your constitutional rights.

2:08.9

Forget about your lawyers and come in and do exactly what I say. No thank you. No Thank you. No thank you.

2:10.8

Representative Adam Schiff, one of the House managers, had this to say, via C-SPAN.

2:16.4

When you hear them attack the House managers, what you're really hearing is we don't want to talk about the president's guilt. We don't want to talk

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