The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems sympathetic to the Catholic Church’s bid to create the nation’s first religious charter school in Oklahoma, a potentially major expansion of the use of taxpayer money for religious education.
However, the chief justice’s relative silence makes it possible the case could end in a 4-4 tie, since one of the six conservative justices, Amy Coney Barrett, recused herself from the case.
Apart from Chief Justice John Roberts, the other conservative justices involved in the case appeared swayed by the argument that barring the church’s participation would be discriminatory.
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