When the nation’s highest court issued a 9-0 decision last week upholding a Catholic social-service agency’s right to participate in Philadelphia’s foster care program, it provoked a mordant comment from Case Western law professor Jonathan Adler:
The last 16 months have been hard on everybody, but there have been those who have stepped up to ease the burden on others. The people on the front lines who have put themselves at risk during the pandemic have allowed the rest of us to live our lives with a modicum of normalcy. We’re talking about health care providers, emergency responders, retail and restaurant workers and, yes, teachers.
