Supreme Court & First Amendment: Oklahoma Catholic Charter School Case

When future President Abraham Lincoln accepted his Senate nomination by the Illinois Republican Party, he delivered his famous “House Divided” speech, in which he warned of the instability of a country that included slave states. Lincoln pulled this phrase from the book of Matthew, where Jesus said a “house divided against itself will not stand.” Tension breeds weakness; divisions collapse.

If an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court is permitted to stand, America will find itself in the unfortunate position of having a divided house — not just within its borders, but within a single phrase of the Constitution itself.

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Philip Sechler

Philip Sechler is senior counsel and director of the Center for Free Speech at Alliance Defending Freedom (@ADFLegal).

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When future President Abraham Lincoln accepted his Senate nomination by the Illinois Republican Party, he delivered his famous “House Divided” speech, in which he warned of the instability of a country that included slave states. Lincoln pulled this phrase from the book of Matthew, where Jesus said a “house divided against itself will not stand.” Tension breeds weakness; divisions collapse.

If an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court is permitted to stand, America will find itself in the unfortunate position of having a divided house — not just within its borders, but within a single phrase of the Constitution itself.