The creation of the nation's first religious charter school was blocked by a tie vote from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett's absence due to recusal was key to the outcome of the case, and the issue could return to the court in the future to be heard before all its members.

The Supreme Court on Thursday morning left in place a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejecting an effort by a Catholic ...

The justices announced they were split 4-4 in a test case heard last month from Oklahoma, which blocks the new Catholic charter school in the state.

WASHINGTON − A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school, a major loss for those advocating a greater role for religion in public life.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school on May 22, reigniting debates about the separation of church and state in the United States.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a swift and somewhat surprising ... challenging Oklahoma’s unprecedented approval of a religious charter school. “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided ...

The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday in a case that decided whether Oklahoma could provide funding to a religious charter school, the justices’ first tie vote on a major case in nearly a decade.

The issue of whether religious institutions must be permitted to participate in state charter school systems is likely to land before the Supreme Court again in a case likely to involve all nine ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a religious charter school in Oklahoma, upholding a court ruling saying public charter schools cannot be religious, a surprising ruling that breaks from th ...

The Supreme Court split evenly Thursday in a high-profile challenge over the nation’s first religious charter school, leaving in place a ruling from Oklahoma’s top court that found the ...