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  50%

  0.0%

  Religious Exemption Wins

  The Court follows the direction suggested by the argument and extends its Free Exercise line from Carson v. Makin into publicly funded early-childhood programs. A majority says Colorado cannot exclude Catholic preschools from universal pre-K funding because they apply religious rules on family structure or sexuality.

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  20%

  0.0%

  Procedural Detour

  The Court avoids a definitive constitutional ruling despite the skeptical questioning of Colorado’s position. The justices instead send the case back or dispose of it on threshold grounds, leaving the core conflict between religious liberty and public-program nondiscrimination unresolved.

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  20%

  0.0%

  Nondiscrimination Rules Survive

  A majority distinguishes this case from earlier religious-school funding disputes and treats Colorado’s universal preschool program as a state-funded public service with enforceable eligibility conditions. The Court allows states to require participating providers to admit children without regard to parents’ sexual orientation.

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  10%

  0.0%

  Policy Workaround Emerges

  Colorado or another state actor changes the program enough to reduce the immediate stakes before a final merits ruling. The legal fight does not disappear, but the first Supreme Court decision becomes less sweeping than expected because the factual basis has shifted.

Each figure is the modeled move of the S&P 500 if it happens. For information only. Not investment advice.