Liberal Supreme Court justices grill religious institution in landmark school choice case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Oklahoma Attorney General, Gentner Drummond, has argued that the school would be a state actor if it received state funding.
53% : The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case involving the nation's first religious charter schools, and whether it is eligible for state funding despite its religious teachings.
52% : More than 40 U.S. states currently authorize charter schools, and the ruling in the case could have ripple effects across the country.
51% : At issue in the case is a virtual Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, and whether the school is eligible to receive public funding because of its religious teachings.
48% : "Charter schools no doubt offer important educational innovations, but they bear all the classic indicia of public schools," Drummond argued in an earlier Supreme Court filing.
46% : During Wednesday's arguments, lawyers for St. Isidore argued that just because they receive state funding does not mean they are a state actor.
42% : But its ability to receive state funds was later blocked by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which ruled that the public funding for the school was in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

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