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Religious Discrimination State and Local Government Supreme Court of the United States

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Split U.S. Supreme Court Decision Leaves Religious Charter School Ban Intact

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On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a per curiam decision in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, resulting in a 4-4 split due to the recusal of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The Court’s split decision...more

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Supreme Court Appears Split on Whether to Approve Religious Charter School

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On April 30, 2025, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the consolidated cases of Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond. If the...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Forbids Exclusion of Churches from State Grant Program

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On June 26, 2017, in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, the U.S. Supreme Court held unconstitutional under the Free Exercise Clause Missouri’s refusal to award a playground resurfacing grant to a church. The...more

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Supreme Court: Public Benefit Programs Cannot Exclude Churches Solely Because They Are Religious

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In Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, No. 15-577 (June 26, 2017), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that excluding a church from a public benefit program for which it is otherwise qualified violates the Free...more

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