State of West Virginia, Katie Switzer, and Jennifer Compton v. Travis Beaver, Wendy Peters, David L. Roach, State Superintendent of Schools, and L. Paul Hardesty, President of the West Virginia Board of Education

No. 22-616 – State of West Virginia, Katie Switzer and Jennifer Compton v. Travis Beaver, Wendy Peters, David L. Roach and L. Paul Hardesty FILED November 18, 2022 WOOTON, Justice, concurring: EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA I concur in the Court’s conclusion that the Hope Scholarship Act,

W. Va. Code §§ 18-31-1

to -13, is not facially unconstitutional. Whatever my personal views as to the wisdom of this legislation – and indeed, I share many of the concerns discussed in the circuit court’s opinion – it is well established that “[t]his Court does not sit as a…