Posted on 05/22/2025 9:00:29 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
A divided Supreme Court rejected a plan on Thursday to allow Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school, which would teach a curriculum infused by Catholic doctrine.
The court split 4 to 4 over the Oklahoma plan, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett recusing herself from the case, and the decision provided no reasoning.
That deadlock means that an earlier ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court will be allowed to stand. The state court blocked a proposal for the Oklahoma school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which was to be operated by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa, and aimed to incorporate Catholic teachings into every aspect of its activities.
Because there was no majority in the case, the court’s decision sets no nationwide precedent on the larger question of whether the First Amendment permits states to sponsor and finance religious charter schools, which are public schools with substantial autonomy.
The brief ruling in one of the most anticipated cases of the term came as a surprise, after oral arguments took place only a few weeks ago in April. At the argument, a majority of the justices had appeared open to allowing Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school.
The decision did not include a tally of how each justice voted. It stated only that the lower court ruling was “affirmed by an equally divided court.” It is also unclear why Justice Barrett, the junior member of the court’s conservative supermajority, recused herself, which meant that she did not participate in oral argument or deliberations.
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She liked to stick it to Trump when she can.
It’s OK to use taxpayer money to teach perversion.
Barrett recusing herself is fine, it leaves a 5-3 “conservative” majority. But someone flipped to the leftist side. Unnamed in article but likely Roberts?
Our Father in Heaven, please allow President Trump to replace another Supreme Court judge!
There is no conservative majority on the court.
That is a lie.
Her recrusal actually hurts her beliefs.
She would have voted for it. She had no choice but to stay out of it. It’s what responsible judges do.
Beeotch is "growing" every day. But muh pro life and li'l chilluns.
There is at least a principle to recusal, no where to hide for whomever switched sides and voted against it.
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