For the first time since the 1920’s, the Supreme Court ruled that a taxpayer could sue the government for the misuse of government money but carefully limited the right of suit.
By an 8-1 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that a group of taxpayers could sue to stop federal funds from being spent on teaching secular subjects in parochial schools. After Frothingham v. Mellon
Engel v. Vitale
Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education
Lee v. Weisman
Religion, establishment of
Richardson, United States v.
Standing
Taxing and spending clause