Chief Justice John Roberts is likely to have cast deciding vote to block religious charter schools. Justice Amy Coney Barrett had announced in advance she would not participate in the decision.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a religious charter school in Oklahoma, upholding a court ruling saying public charter schools cannot be religious, a surprising ruling that breaks from th ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4.File video above: Oklahoma board approves nation’s first Catholic charter ...

the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that blocked approval of the nation’s first religious public charter school. Today’s ruling reinforces the First Amendment’s ...

Oklahoma will not be able to launch the nation's first ever religious public charter school after the Supreme Court on Thursday deadlocked 4-4 in a major case on the separation of church and state.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school on May 22, reigniting debates about the separation of church and state in the United States.

In a 4-to-4 decision, the court upheld a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that blocked the school. By Abbie VanSickle and Sarah Mervosh Abbie VanSickle covers the Supreme Court from Washington.

The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday over the constitutionality of what would have been nation’s first public religious charter school, blocking the creation of a Catholic institution that ...

The question whether barring religious charter schools violates the Constitution remains live, and I remain confident that the court will eventually rule that it does.” “All a religious school ...

The Supreme Court case over the first religious charter school could potentially reshape the boundaries between church and state. The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that will ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared divided over efforts in Oklahoma to create an online Catholic charter school, a case that could open the door to public dollars flowing ...