As high court takes Catholic charter case, 'stakes really couldn't be higher'

[LiberalArkie]

JANUARY 28, 2025 5:00 AM



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But the biggest education story of the week — one that could change public schools forever — broke late Friday afternoon at a building two miles away.

The U.S. Supreme Court, backed by the conservative supermajority Trump secured in his first term, agreed to hear an Oklahoma case over whether the law permits public dollars to flow to an explicitly religious charter school. A decision in favor of the first-of-its kind Catholic school could further entangle the government and religion, dramatically altering the historic balance between church and state.

“The stakes really couldn’t be higher,” said Derek Black, a law professor at the University of South Carolina. While there are Catholic schools that have converted into secular charters, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School’s “ultimate goal,” according to its website, is “eternal salvation.”

“The issue,” Black said, “is whether a religious entity can operate a charter school that teaches religion as truth.”

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https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/01/28/as-high-court-takes-catholic-charter-case-stakes-really-couldnt-be-higher/

[hedda_foil]

1. Let's see. How many right wing Catholics are on the Court?

It's SIX isn't it? I think it's six. Could it really be 6?

Whatever will they decide?

And they it's Nelly bar the door: the fundegelicals are automatically included in the decision.

[LiberalArkie]

2. But no one was worried about the Pope giving them orders like the country was worried about with 1 president.