The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday over the constitutionality of what would have been nation’s first public religious charter school, blocking the creation of a Catholic institution that would have reshaped American education and blurred the line between church and state.

In a major victory for religious freedom and public education, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed an Oklahoma Supreme Court

A divided 4-4 high court let stand an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the first religious public charter school in the U.S. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself.