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Oklahoma Religious Charter School: Gov. Stitt, State Supt. Ryan Walters release statements on St. Isidore case
St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School “The Supreme Court’s stalemate safeguards public education and upholds the separation of church and state. Charter schools are public schools ...
Tahlequah Daily Press1d
OKLAHOMA WATCH: Republicans say the fight for St. Isidore isn’t over
A deadlocked Supreme Court blocked the creation of the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, but some ...
Oklahoma's News8d
United States Supreme Court decides St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School case in split 4-4 vote
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The United States Supreme Court has reached a decision in the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board (SCSB) versus ...
Reason9d
As I Expected, SCOTUS 4-4's St. Isidore's Case With Barrett Recused (Updated)
Shortly after the Court granted cert in St. Isidore of Seville v. Drummond, I wrote two posts about Justice Barrett's recusal. Before the case was even argued, I made a crude prediction to ...
Wall Street Journal8d
A Religious Charter School Falls Short at the Supreme Court
A ruling in favor of St. Isidore, a proposed Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, could have bolstered religious freedom and educational options. Instead the Court split 4-4. That means the state ...
The Press of Atlantic City9d
See what questions U.S. Supreme Court justices had during St. Isidore arguments
The proposal for St. Isidore ... of church and state. “The establishment clause does not restrain it, and the free exercise clause protects it,” argued St. Isidore’s counsel of record ...
Yahoo9d
US Supreme Court blocks religious charter school in Oklahoma in tie vote
Barrett is close friends with a Notre Dame Law School professor who was an early legal adviser to the Catholic Church in Oklahoma. Lawyer Mike McKinley, of Dechert LLP representing St. Isidore of ...
Slate9d
Separation of Church and State Scored a Surprise Reprieve at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court deadlocked on one of its biggest cases of the term on Thursday, delaying—for now—another blow to the separation of church and ... around St. Isidore’s, a proposed Catholic ...
Detroit Free Press9d
Supreme Court blocks Catholic charter school in big setback for religion advocates
Barrett is close friends with the Notre Dame Law School professor who was an early legal adviser to the Catholic Church in Oklahoma, which wanted to open St. Isidore. The court issued its one ...
Houston Chronicle8d
Supreme Court’s one-sentence order closes the door to Catholic charter school – but leaves it open for future challenges
(THE CONVERSATION) The saga over St. Isidore of Seville, which hoped to become the nation’s first religious charter school, has come to a surprising end – for now. In April 2025, Supreme Court ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch9d
Supreme Court blocks creation of Oklahoma Catholic leaders' proposed religious charter school
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, whose lawyers have been working for a group of Oklahoma taxpayers that filed the first legal challenge to the St. Isidore charter school ...