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April 08, 2025

43: A final push on the teetering church-state wall? Interview with Frank Ravitch

38 minutes

Can the state of Oklahoma fully fund a Catholic charter school that exists to "evangelize" its students? The Supreme Court will soon say "yes" or "no" in a case that may overturn decades of church-state constitutional law.

Guest: Frank Ravitch, Professor of law and religion, Michigan State University.

Aykan Erdemir, Anti-Defamation League

Show Notes:

"SCOTUSblog article providing background to the St. Isidore Charter School case: https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/01/supreme-court-will-weigh-in-on-effort-to-found-nations-first-religious-charter-school/

Opinion of the Oklahoma Supreme Court: https://religiousliberty.nd.edu/assets/575311/1058190300_20240625_085757_.pdf

Liberty article by Frank Ravitch on the Supreme Court's current approach to religion cases: https://www.libertymagazine.org/article/untethered "

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