A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school, a major case about the separation of church and state.

A deadlocked Supreme Court sidestepped a decision about whether to allow the United States’ first public religious charter school, preserving the church-state wall for now.

Oklahoma will not be able to launch the nation's first religious public charter school after the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 in a major case on the separation of church and state.