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The Washington Times and New Hampshire Union Leader have published my Constitution Day op-ed, which details why the Constitution is vital---not just today, but every day.  The Constitution is what makes PLF's job possible, and allows us to fight back on behalf of entrepreneurs or property owners when overreaching bureaucrats deprive them of economi ...

In the battle over New Hampshire's tax credit law, PLF represented the New Hampshire legislators who drafted, sponsored, and fought for the bill.  After the law was adopted -- over the Governor's veto -- a lawsuit was brought by the teachers' union challenging the constitutionality of the bill.  Last August, the New Hampshire Supreme Court dismisse ...

This morning, the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the state's landmark Education Tax Credit Program. The Program allows businesses to claim a tax credit on their tax bill for donations to tuition scholarship organizations approved by the state. Those organizations, in turn, provide scholarships to low-income students to attend public or private ...

As kids across America head back to school it seems like the perfect time for Pacific Legal Foundation to celebrate Back to School Choice Week. The school choice movement has been under way for decades, and some states have made tremendous progress.  But we still have much to do, as nothing is more important for a parent than being able to send you ...

For the second consecutive year, PLF is celebrating Back to School Choice Week.  All this week on the Liberty Blog we will be discussing cases that PLF is working on that give parents and students a choice in where and how their child is educated.  School choice has many forms including charter schools, vouchers, and education tax credits.  And PLF ...

Here is some very sad news out of New Hampshire.  As you recall, PLF has filed multiple briefs in New Hampshire, supporting that state's recently enacted tax credit program.  We represent the primary legislators that worked to pass one of the nation's premier school choice initiatives. The program allows businesses to donate up to $1000 to tuition ...

As PLF continues to celebrate School Choice Week 2014, here's a look at some of the important school choice cases that we litigated last year: In Meredith v. Daniels, the Indiana Supreme Court upheld a statewide school voucher program.  The Indiana voucher program was one of the most ambitious school choice plans in in the country. We are repres ...

Today, we submitted this brief to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in support of the state's recently enacted school choice law. Last year, the New Hampshire legislature overwhelmingly adopted a tax credit program – even overriding the governor's veto to bring educational choice to New Hampshire students. This New Hampshire tax credit program provid ...

When most people hear about school choice, they typically think about vouchers.  Vouchers are basically a check that parents receive from the state that they can use to send their children to private schools.  The check, or "voucher," can be used by parents to send their children to either sectarian or secular schools.  The anti-choice education es ...