The creation of the nation's first religious charter school was blocked by a tie vote from the U.S. Supreme Court.

The charter school case is one of several major religious rights cases the Supreme Court will be deciding before its term ...

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.

The justices announced they were split 4-4 in a test case heard last month from Oklahoma, which blocks the new Catholic charter school in the state.

on Thursday announced a 4-4 deadlock in a case challenging Oklahoma’s unprecedented approval of a religious charter school. “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided court,” Chief ...

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 ...

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.

The issue of whether religious institutions must be permitted to participate in state charter school systems is likely to land before the Supreme Court again in a case likely to involve all nine ...

“Allowing the exclusion of religious schools from our charter school program in the name of 19th century religious bigotry is wrong,” said Superintendent Walters. “As state ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected public funding for a religious charter school in a split decision on Thursday. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI. 31,129 people played the daily Crossword recently.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision to block a religious public charter school. The justices’ vote was 4-4, meaning the court automatically affirms the ...