Oral Argument in Charter School Case Highlights Unconstitutional Motives Behind OK Attorney General’s Establishment Clause Claim - Religious Freedom Institute

Oral Argument in Charter School Case Highlights Unconstitutional Motives Behind OK Attorney General’s Establishment Clause Claim - Religious Freedom Institute

By Ismail Royer In what is likely to be a seminal case resolving apparent tensions between the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment, the Supreme Court heard oral argument last week in a case involving the Oklahoma Attorney General’s attempt to block the opening of a faith-based Catholic charter school. In ruling on the case, however, the Court is also likely to address whether the state attorney general’s constitutional…