The U.S. Supreme Court's tie decision on the funding of a religious charter school in Oklahoma allows a lower court's ruling to stand without establishing legal precedent. The state court had banned the use of government money for the St Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, invoking constitutional law on church and state separation. Justice Amy Coney Barrett's recusal led to the split, raising the possibility for similar cases in the future without a clear ruling or direction from the Supreme Court.
The high court's split vote on the religious charter school case leaves the lower court's ruling intact, avoiding the establishment of a new legal precedent.
With no definitive ruling from the Supreme Court, several similar cases could move forward, potentially shaping future funding regulations for charter schools.
Justice Barrett recused herself from the case due to a prior personal connection with attorney Nicole Garnett, which resulted in an unusually tied vote.
The tie vote marks a rarity in Supreme Court history, having only occurred 183 times since the court's inception, out of over 28,000 cases.
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