WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school on May 22, reigniting debates about the separation of church and state in the United States.

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

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.

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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.

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

The nation’s first religious charter school lost a Supreme Court challenge to a ruling from a court in Oklahoma that found the school unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked in a 4-4 ...

Education advocates worried the case would pave the way for further erosion of the separation between church and state.

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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.