Supreme Court to Weigh Tax-Supported Religious School Case (1)

The US Supreme Court accepted a major new church-state showdown, agreeing to consider whether states with public charter schools are constitutionally required to approve and fund religious institutions as part of the taxpayer-supported program.

The high court said Friday it will hear two appeals aimed at creating the nation’s first Catholic charter school in Oklahoma. The justices will review an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that said allowing the school would violate the US and state constitutions.

The appeals seek to extend recent Supreme Court decisions that have strengthened religious rights against what the court’s conservative majority sees as governmental discrimination. ...