Supreme Court’s conservatives lean toward allowing country’s first religious public charter school
Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general says the proposal to launch a Catholic virtual charter school violates the Constitution’s First Amendment.
WASHINGTON — Conservative members of the Supreme Court on Wednesday leaned toward allowing Oklahoma to approve the first-ever religious public charter school in a case that could weaken the separation of church and state.
While several conservative justices expressed support for the school’s arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts emerged during the more than two-hour argument as a potentially decisive vote.
There is the possibility of a 4-4 split, as one justice, conservative Amy Coney Barrett, is not participating. That outcome would preserve an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that blocked the proposed school.
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Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-considers-endorsing-countrys-first-religious-public-char-rcna203328