Also in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today blocked a lawsuit by the group Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc., because average citizens do not have the legal right to challenge President Bush's program on federal aid to faith-based organizations. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote the majority opinion in the case. The lawsuit was filed in 2004 claiming that the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives unfairly used taxpayer money to give an advantage to religious groups seeking federal funding, supporting religious groups over secular ones. This case is of particular importance because of the precedent it will set about who can sue the federal government with issues involving government grants to religious organizations. "The administration argued that the foundation's taxpayer plaintiffs lacked standing to sue because the faith-based initiatives office was not specifically funded by Congress." Read the Washington Post story here and the court opinion here.