Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor interrupted and appeared to
rebuke her colleague, liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, on Wednesday
during oral arguments in a case regarding Oklahoma's proposal to establish an
online Catholic charter school, St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic School.
If the Court upholds the school's decision, public funds
would be allocated to religious education. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused
herself, and a decision is expected this summer. U.S. Attorney General John
Sauer filed the case on behalf of the school and the state of Oklahoma.
“U.S. Attorney General John Sauer stated that if there were
a requirement to teach evolution and a school rejected it, there would be no
voluntary exemption for the school. The state would argue a compelling interest
in teaching the subject, and the court would have to evaluate that,” USA Today
reported.