The case, a major test of the separation of church and state, was an unexpected loss for those advocating a greater role for ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday, in a 4-4 ruling, said Oklahoma cannot create the nation's first religious charter school funded directly with taxpayer dollars.

A split Supreme Court ruling upholds a lower court decision that prohibited Oklahoma from establishing the nation's first Christian charter school.

With only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that a public religious charter school would violate the separation of church and state.

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.

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 ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday morning left in place a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejecting an effort by a Catholic ...

WASHINGTON − A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school, a major loss for those advocating a greater role for religion in public life.

A deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday effectively blocked the creation of the nation's first religious ... to block adverse decisions from the lower courts. The Oklahoma charter schools ...