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US Supreme Court to hear landmark cases on public funding for religious schools

JURIST

On Friday, the US Supreme Court announced that it would take up a groundbreaking case to determine whether Oklahoma could fund a proposed Catholic charter school. If the court sides with Oklahoma, it would mark the first time the government can establish and directly fund religious schools. Drummond and St.

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Supreme Court will weigh in on effort to found nation’s first religious charter school

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Share The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon added three more cases two of which will be argued together to its docket for the 2024-25 term. In a brief unsigned order , the justices agreed to review a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that rejected an effort by a Catholic online school to become the nations first religious charter school.

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Appeals Court Blocks Louisiana Ten Commandments in Classrooms Law

The Volokh Conspiracy

On Friday, a federal appeals court affirmed an earlier ruling blocking a Louisiana law mandating that public school classrooms display posters of the Ten Commandments. Weaver, senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a Friday press release. However, courts have not found these arguments convincing.

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Will US Supreme Court Allow Religious Charter Schools?

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a key First Amendment case involving the separation of church and state. The issue before the justices in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Facts of the Case The State of Oklahoma operates a charter school program to which St. Drummond and St. Drummond is whether St.

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Supreme Court Sides With Utah, Oklahoma in Air Quality Lawsuit

LegalReader

“The Court agreed with Utah’s argument involving the Clean Air Act that local courts should handle local issues, and the federal government should collaborate with the states—not ignore their unique differences,” said state Attorney General Derek Brown.

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US Supreme Court considers death row inmate’s case after witness said to have given false testimony

JURIST

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether the murder conviction of Richard Glossip, a death row inmate in Oklahoma, should be set aside due to a witness having given false testimony in court and state prosecutors having failed to disclose key information about the witness.

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Supreme Court grants Richard Glossip new trial in capital case

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for his role in the 1997 murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese, should get a new trial. Prosecutors have never contended that Glossip himself killed Van Treese, who owned the Oklahoma City motel where he worked.

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