With Barrett recused, Supreme Court considers appeal over first religious charter school

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Because recusals are important to public confidence in the court, it would be good if the justices consistently explained why they sit cases out.
52% : "It would immediately render the federal CSP [charter school program] and the laws of 45 other States -- which all require charter schools to be both public and secular -- unconstitutional, eliminating a critical source of funding and creating chaos and confusion for thousands of charter schools and millions of schoolchildren nationwide," Gentner Drummond argued in a high court brief filed last month.
51% : "Religious education is an invaluable benefit for millions of Americans who choose it," Drummond's brief said, adding: "But our Constitution has never required the creation of religious public schools.
51% : Citing recent rulings backing religious claims on First Amendment grounds, the charter board wrote to the justices, "Three times in the last eight years, the Court has applied that principle to stop state efforts to exclude religious schools, parents, and students from generally available funding programs based solely on their religion."

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