The Supreme Court will not take up a case involving whether houses of worship in New Jersey can be awarded taxpayer-funded grants for historical preservation, letting stand a lower court ruling that determined they could not.

At issue in the case are historic preservation grants awarded by Morris County, New Jersey, to 12 churches between 2012 and 2015. The grants are funded by a county tax dedicated to historic preservation.

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