If Chief Justice John Roberts is to be believed, the Supreme Court ruled today in a modest case involving playground surfaces. But Justice Sonia Sotomayor saw the Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer decision for what it is: a fundamental reshaping of the relationship between church and state in the United States, and not for the better. At issue is the Supreme Court's decision today that the state of Missouri was required to provide funding to a church-run preschool and daycare center under a program to improve playgrounds.
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