Supreme Court to hear church-state fight over Oklahoma bid to launch first publicly funded religious school

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Source: NBC News

Jan. 24, 2025, 4:36 PM EST


WASHINGTON — In a sign that the barrier between church and state could be further weakened, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by Oklahoma officials to approve the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school.

The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority that consistently backs religious claims, will hear a dispute over the proposed St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would serve students online throughout the state while maintaining its remit to promote the Catholic faith.

The justices will review an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that said the proposal violated both the state and federal constitutions.

The brief court order noted that conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who would normally be a potential key vote in such a case, will not participate. The court did not say why.

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[BOSSHOG]

1. Do away with separation of church and state

Turn loose the assessors. Assess every freaking property every church (especially the Catholic Church) owns. And tax them accordingly. OR, leave as is and disregard and disapprove the fucking anti American bullshit coming out of Oklahoma.

[Initech]

8. Ryan Walters - that guy is out of his fucking mind!

[Basso8vb]

2. Fucking bullshit.

[bluestarone]

3. Got a feeling we are gonna hate America the

Next four years.

[Deminpenn]

4. ACB should at least get credit for

recusing herself, presumably because of involvement, with a religious school.

[andym]

5. Wonder if they care about the intentions of the Founder's with regard to separation of church and state.

They could read Jefferson and Madison on this topic, you know the SC being ruled by originalist

In his 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association. In it, Jefferson declared that when the American people adopted the establishment clause they built a “wall of separation between the church and state.”.

[J_William_Ryan]

6. "Got a feeling we are gonna hate America the Next four years."

The next 40 years, at least.

The Trump Court will still be around after Trump is gone; the Trump Court’s rulings will remain in place for decades.

Needless to say, the Trump Court will rule in favor of publicly funded religious schools, seeking to conjoin church and state, with contempt for settled, accepted Establishment Clause jurisprudence.

[Karadeniz]

7. I would love to demonstrate to SCOTUS that since christians dont understsnd

their own scriptures, they shouldn't sponsor giving false information to kids.

[travelingthrulife]

9. This is an easy answer. No.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. The class on handling snakes, mandatory or elective?

I'm sure Alito would like to see his taxes pay for schools that teach the Koran.

If he pays taxes.