That Does Not Equal Nine: St. Isidore v. Drummond

The third in the "unholy trinity” of religion clause cases from the current SCOTUS term. Liz and Rebecca discuss the case that sought to create the nation’s first Catholic public charter school and the surprisingly early decision issued by a divided Court. They explain how this case came to be, what the oral arguments revealed, and the high stakes of the case for our public school system. 

Background

• Opinion

• SCOTUSblog

• FFRF, AU, and ACLU amicus brief

• SCOTUSblog: “Supreme Court divided over approving first religious charter school” 

• NPR - “Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma” 

• SCOTUSblog - “Split Supreme Court blocks first religious charter school in Oklahoma” 

 

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