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The V.I. Supreme Court has affirmed the lower court’s decision in a contentious property rights dispute on St. Croix, more than five years after plaintiffs appealed. The underlying case was ...
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it would leave intact the decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which ruled that the contract establishing St. Isidore's as a Catholic charter school was a violation of state and federal law.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court sided with Drummond, but St. Isidore's backers appealed to the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of St. Isidore, it could expand the scope of religious ...
The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, March 2, 2025. Tierney L Cross/AFP via Getty Images Lawyers for the prospective school -- St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School -- insist that it ...
“That’s the way it’s always been understood,” Garre said. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of St. Isidore, Garre said, “There are going to be other states that ramp it up, no question." ...
Drummond, the Oklahoma attorney general, then filed his own suit, arguing the charter board’s contract with St. Isidore violated the state’s constitution. The Oklahoma Supreme Court sided with ...
St. Isidore’s appeal to the Supreme Court is part of an increasing push by the religious right to use public funds for religious education, said Josh Cowen, a professor of education policy at Michigan ...
“St. Isidore is a private entity seeking to participate in Oklahoma’s charter school program,” the school told the Supreme Court this year. “The free exercise clause prohibits the state ...