Council of Organizations & Others for Ed v. State of Michigan

Gleicher, J. (concurring in part and dissenting in part).

Constitutional interpretation begins with the text: the words approved by the ratifiers. The words at *158the heart of this case are clear, cogent, and commanding. No public money may be appropriated by the Legislature "directly or indirectly to aid or maintain" a nonpublic school. Const. 1963, art. 8, § 2. No public money may be provided "directly or indirectly, to support the attendance of any student or the employment of any person at any such nonpublic school ...." Id . The natural and ordinary meaning of those words-today and in…