The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday over the constitutionality of what would have been nation’s first public religious charter school, blocking the creation of a Catholic institution that would have reshaped American education and blurred the line between church and state.
With only eight justices voting, the Supreme Court’s 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would violate state law and the U.S. Constitution.
