On January 8, the Liberty Justice Center and the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty jointly filed an amicus brief with the Oklahoma Supreme Court in defense of the nation’s first-ever religious charter school in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond. Their amicus brief argues that the Oklahoma Attorney General’s opposition to the charter school is motivated by animus against minority religions, which violates the First Amendment.
On November 8, after the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed the case, the Liberty Justice Center filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of an interfaith coalition composed of the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, the Religious Freedom Institute’s Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team, and the Abraham Knowledge Academy. The brief urges the Court to overturn the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ruling prohibiting religious organizations from operating charter schools in the state.
“Government officials cannot deny opportunities to citizens because they don’t approve of their religious beliefs,” said Dean McGee, Senior Counsel for Educational Freedom at the Liberty Justice Center. “The Attorney General’s actions also impose on parents’ rights to guide their children’s education. Whether that education is religious or secular, public or private, it should never be threatened by the religious animosity of state officials.”
(Legal Newsline)—On April 30, the U.S. Supreme Court conducted oral arguments in the case of Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond. The case could determine if religious organizations are eligible to operate charter schools and whether states can exclude them based solely on their religious affiliation. Liberty Justice Center...
(The Wilson Times)—In deciding whether to authorize the nation’s first religious charter school to operate in Oklahoma, the Supreme Court could unwittingly undermine religious freedom for tens of thousands of students attending roughly 7,800 non-sectarian U.S. charter academies, including 210 schools in North Carolina. Justices heard oral arguments Wednesday in...
(Forbes)—At the end of April, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments in a case that challenges the wall between church and state, and pro-school choice organizations, red states, and religious groups are lining up against Oklahoma’s attorney general and a group of Constitutional scholars. St. Isidore of...
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center filed an amicus brief Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court, representing an interfaith coalition that includes the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, the Religious Freedom Institute’s Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team, and the Abraham Knowledge Academy. The coalition is urging the Court to...
(American Family News)—The Oklahoma Supreme Court is being urged to reject a petition against the nation’s first-ever religious charter school. In Drummond v. Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, Liberty Justice Center and the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty have jointly filed an amicus brief with the Oklahoma Supreme Court...
(Fox News)—A legal group is crying foul against Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s stance on the establishment of the first-ever religious-based charter school in the U.S., an issue being weighed in the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) and the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty (JCRL) are defending...
(The Center Square)—A lawsuit filed by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond opposing a virtual religious charter school discriminates against minority religions, according to an amicus brief filed with the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Drummond sued the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board and its members after a charter was granted to...
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