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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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Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks creation of first publicly-funded religious charter school

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The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the creation of a publicly-funded religious charter school, S t. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School violates the First Amendment and Oklahoma State Constitution. The court said the St. The court said the St. The court found that St.

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SCOTUS could be next stop after top Oklahoma court rules on state-funded religious school

ABA Journal

A contract providing for state funding of an online Catholic charter school violates the First Amendment’s establishment clause, the Oklahoma Constitution and a state law…

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Argument in double-jeopardy case shines spotlight on prosecutorial issues faced by Native tribes

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Kimberly if there was an “easy fix” for the tribe and the federal government to avoid double jeopardy problems in future cases in the event that the Supreme Court rules in favor of Denezpi. Kimberly responded that there are two easy fixes, both of which, he asserted, respect tribal sovereignty.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. Some, as noted above, have even banned the practice at common law, though state courts have increasingly relaxed those rules in favor of regulation. [23]

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International arbitration, McGirt retroactivity, and anti-discrimination laws

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a potential replacement for the now-dismissed Servotronics Inc. Oklahoma should apply retroactively, and whether the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act violates a website designer’s First Amendment rights. In last year’s McGirt v.

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In a slew of new cases, the justices take in closer look

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They contended that it would seem to follow from Apprendi that a jury must find any facts necessary to support a (nonzero) restitution order, and they suggested that the court should take up a lower court ruling to the contrary. Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Oklahoma v. Relisted after the Jan.

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