WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether the Catholic Church in Oklahoma can run the nation’s first religious charter school, a potentially major expansion of the use ...

She did not provide a reason, but most legal observers believe it is related to her long tenure at the University of Notre Dame law school, whose religious liberty clinic helped argue on behalf of ...

The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday in a case that decided whether Oklahoma could provide funding to a religious charter school, the justices’ first tie vote on a major case in nearly a decade.

“There are historic examples of funding being denied to religious schools and no free exercise claim followed,” he said. So why, Gorsuch wanted to know, were there no such legal challenges in ...

Argued at the end of April, the legal fight could have opened the door to public dollars flowing directly to religious schools. But following the arguments, it appeared that the outcome of the ...

The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday on whether openly religious schools are entitled under the Constitution to receive public money through state charter-school programs. By splitting 4-4 on the ...

St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School does not yet exist, but it may soon decide the future of religious liberty in public education. Approved as a public charter school by Oklahoma’s ...

WASHINGTON − A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school, a major loss for those advocating a greater role for religion in public life.

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a new law requiring schools to briefly excuse students for any religious instruction. It originally went through congress as House Bill 343, sponsored by ...

Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board that taxpayer funding for religious web-based classes would violate America’s sacred separation of church and state. This key element of our ...

The deadlocked court affirmed the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ruling that the Catholic school would be functioning as a government entity. In one of the most anticipated rulings of its term, a ...

Apr 12, 2025 Apr 12, 2025 Updated May 22, 2025 0 Advocacy groups that helped establish and expand public school choice for parents over the past three decades say the authorization of a religious ...