"We are witnessing one of the most extreme Supreme Courts in modern history rewrite the most basic social commitments of our society," said the head of one of the nation's largest teachers unions.

By Julia Coney, staff writer, Common Dreams

Photo:  Sonia Sotomayor, official court portrait

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June 23, 2022 (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday warned that the court's right-wing majority had further eroded the nation's bedrock laws separating church and government when it ruled that Maine must include religious schools in a state-run tuition program.