SCOTUS Ruling on Oklahoma Charter School Leaves Advocates in Legal Limbo

No tax money for religious schools: Supreme Court tie on charter school case came out the correct way

It isn’t often that a high-profile Supreme Court case deadlocks 4-4, ending not in a majority decision and dissents but in a one-line declaration that doesn’t even reveal which justices landed on which side of the issue. But that’s how the crucial case of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond this week concluded — at least for now. The result is a positive one: The decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court barring a publicly-fu…

State leaders confirm efforts to resurrect St. Isidore charter school despite Supreme Court ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision has temporarily stopped efforts to establish a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, but state leaders are exploring ways to continue the initiative.

SCOTUS ruling on Oklahoma charter school leaves advocates in legal limbo

(The Center Square) – The constitutionality of religious charter schools remains an open question after the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked, 4-4, over the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond case Thursday.

Oklahoma leaders react to SCOTUS block of Catholic charter school

Oklahoma leaders have reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court’s deadlocked vote Thursday that effectively blocked the nation’s first religious charter school from opening, with some approving… The post Oklahoma leaders react to SCOTUS block of Catholic charter school appeared first on CatholicVote org.

SCOTUS Will Keep First Amendment Around For Now, No Telling About Later

Photo by Anthony Garand on UnsplashIn a little bit of a victory for the separation of church and state, the Supreme Court of the United States was split 4-to-4 on allowing the state of Oklahoma to go through with establishing the nation’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school — meaning that the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ruling against the school will stand. For now, anyway. On the more dismal side of things, the only reason this happened…

Oklahoma Catholic Charter School Loses Funding Bid After SCOTUS Deadlock, Future Legal Battle Looms

A Kiphayet United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court’s deadlock in the Oklahoma case keeps a lower-court ruling in place, but advocates on both sides expect a rematch that could reshape school-choice law nationwide.