Supreme Court will review Oklahoma funding of Catholic school

The case marks a potential landmark for the First Amendment's establishment clause.

Published: January 24, 2025 5:06pm

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear Oklahoma's request to allow a state-funded Catholic charter school.

St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School is a planned digital learning, and explicitly Roman Catholic, institution that, if approved, would become the country's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school, NBC News reported.

The court will address a lower court decision deeming the school's funding to be unconstitutional. Notably, a majority of the justices profess the Roman Catholic faith. Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Sonia Sotomayor, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts, are all Catholic.

Justice Neil Gorsuch was raised Catholic but has attended an Episcopal Church and his current affiliation is somewhat unclear.

Oklahoma's state attorney general, Gentner Drummond, R, challenged the plan, despite its support from Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla. The case marks a potential landmark for the First Amendment's establishment clause.

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