Author: Richard Wolf, USA TODAY

The court did not require states to fund religious education, ruling only that programs cannot favor private secular schools over religious ones.

The program, created by President Barack Obama in 2012, allows nearly 700,000 immigrants to live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation.

Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal, have both criticized the doctrine of “qualified immunity.”

The dispute between religious schools and fired teachers is the third major case religious freedom case the high court is considering this year.

“COVID-19 was able to do in two months what C-SPAN has been trying to get the court to do for 35 years,” says the cable network’s Bruce Collins.

The decision represents the high court’s views on Congress’ power of the purse: Lawmakers cannot promise funding and then disavow that pledge.

A more conservative court is increasingly willing to reverse the work of its predecessors. And no issue hangs in the balance more than abortion.

About 27,000 DACA recipients work in the health care field, out of nearly 700,000 brought to the USA without legal papers as children

The justices had several major cases scheduled for oral argument in March, including on President Donald Trump’s financial records and tax returns.

Under the rule, non-citizens receiving or likely to need non-cash benefits such as housing and food aid can be denied residency or green cards.