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SCOTUS Deadlocks On Major Religion Case

2025/5/23
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Jane Koston: 最高法院在俄克拉荷马州宗教宪章学校一案中陷入僵局，这突显了政教分离这一复杂问题。虽然这次僵局维持了下级法院的裁决，阻止了该学校的建立，但至少一位保守派大法官对州政府资助宗教学校可能造成的先例表示担忧。这个问题肯定会再次出现，因为类似的案件已经在下级法院酝酿中。此外，最高法院还通过“影子判决”对非正式日程上的案件进行干预，这增加了法律领域的不确定性。 Leah Littman: 我担心这次僵局的意义被低估了。虽然俄克拉荷马州目前不需要建立这所宗教特许学校，但四位共和党任命的法官似乎倾向于要求各州设立宗教特许学校，只要该州有世俗学校的特许系统。考虑到之前普遍认为宪法禁止州政府运营宗教学校，这一立场令人震惊。这个问题还会再次出现，因为巴雷特大法官届时将不会回避。此外，最高法院还在审理其他重要的宗教案件，如关于LGBTQ阅读材料和宗教组织税收豁免的案件。

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The Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 on a case concerning the creation of a religious charter school in Oklahoma. This leaves the lower court's decision in place, blocking the school's creation, but signals that the issue will likely return to the court in the future. The deadlock highlights the ongoing debate surrounding the separation of church and state.
  • Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 on religious charter school case
  • Lower court decision stands, blocking the school
  • Issue likely to return to Supreme Court
  • Highlights ongoing debate about separation of church and state

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In one of the most anticipated rulings of the term, the Supreme Court justices deadlocked Thursday in a case over the creation of a religious charter school in Oklahoma. The 4-4 split sets no precedent, meaning the justices could take up a similar case — and the underlying thornier questions around the separation of church and state — in the future. Later in the day, the justices also handed President Donald Trump a major temporary win, allowing him to fire the leaders of two independent federal agencies while the cases play out in the lower courts. Leah Litman, co-host of Crooked’s legal podcast ‘Strict Scrutiny’ and author of the new book “Lawless,” talks about Thursday’s decisions and gives us a preview of SCOTUS opinion season.

And in headlines: The Justice Department filed murder charges against a man suspected of killing two staffers of the Israeli embassy in D.C., the Palestinian health minister said more than two dozen children and elderly people had died of starvation-related causes in Gaza over the last two days, and the U.S. Treasury gets ready to bid adieu to the penny.

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