US supreme court blocks religious charter school in split ruling

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Source: The Guardian



The US supreme court on Thursday blocked a bid led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a major case involving religious rights in American education.

The 4-4 ruling left intact a lower court’s decision that blocked the establishment of St Isidore of Seville Catholic virtual school. The lower court found that the proposed school would violate the US constitution’s first amendment limits on government involvement in religion.

Conservative justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the case, leaving eight justices rather than the full slate of nine to decide the outcome. Barrett is a former professor at Notre Dame Law School, which represents the school’s organizers.

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Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general, Gentner Drummond, sued in October 2023 to block St Isidore in a legal action filed at the Oklahoma supreme court, saying he was duty bound to “prevent the type of state-funded religion that Oklahoma’s constitutional framers and the founders of our country sought to prevent.” Republican Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt backed the proposed school, as did Donald Trump’s administration.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/supreme-court-religious-charter-schools-ruling

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1. Dupe (and nightmarishly updating too) :P

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143463781

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2. It seems that Amy Coney Barrett's recusal could be circumvented by the religious schools just getting different counsel.

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3. Proud Boy fire-eaters' mentality

America circa 1856. These religious fanatics are so anxious for a war to break out. Sick mf'ers *Comey Barrett is in fear right now.

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4. If I wanted to pay for religious schools, I'd tithe

n/t

[Emile]

5. After an alert and discussion with the hosts, locking.

Dupe of this earlier post on the same news story.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143463781