Amy Coney Barrett may have sat out huge Supreme Court case
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AlterNet on MSN'Beyond useless': MAGA slams 'Amy Commie Barrett' after she hands loss to religious rightOn Thursday, the Supreme Court came to a 4-4 tie on a case brought by Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters to allow taxpayer dollars to subsidize a Catholic charter school. ABC News reported that the stalemate — in which Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the Court's three Democratic-appointed justices — was made possible
MAGA supporters online blasted the Supreme Court justice, saying Donald Trump had made a mistake in appointing her.
On a more rational court, Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond would not have been close at all.
The constitutionality of religious charter schools remains an open question after the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked, 4-4, over the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School