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

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

Justice Amy Coney Barrett's absence due to recusal was key to the outcome of the case, and the issue could return to the court in the future to be heard before all its members.

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 creation of the nation's first religious charter school was blocked by a tie vote from the U.S. Supreme Court.

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 ruling could lead to a slew of religious hospitals and other groups trying to claim exemptions, critics have warned.

The SCOTUS result was “great, because it’s status quo,” Yorgason said during the panel discussion. “We know the world that we ...

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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.