Another Religious Charter School Case Expected to Reach Justices

Conservative groups seeking to include religious schools in taxpayer-funded charter school programs are expected to quickly return to the US Supreme Court after the justices split 4-4 in a case out of Oklahoma.

The evenly split court leaves in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that blocked a Catholic school’s bid to be the first religious charter school in the US.

The even split was possible because Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused from the case. Though she didn’t give a reason for sitting out, Barrett has close ties to Notre Dame law professor Nicole Stelle Garnett, who was an adviser ...