US Supreme Court blocks taxpayer-funded religious charter school
A split U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a bid led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a major case involving religious rights in American education.With conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett recusing herself from the case, the 4-4 ruling left intact a lower court's decision that blocked the establishment of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. Oklahoma's top court found that the proposed school would violate the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment limits on government involvement in religion.
Split US Supreme Court blocks taxpayer-funded religious charter school
Justice Amy Coney Barrett's absence due to recusal was key to the outcome of the case, and the issue could return to the court in the future to be heard before all its members.
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