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The U.S. Supreme Court building is pictured in Washington June 24. (OSV News/Reuters/Nathan Howard) The U.S. Supreme Court building is pictured in Washington June 24. (OSV News/Reuters/Nathan Howard) Staff Reporter View Author Profile Join the Conversation Send your thoughts to Letters to the Editor . Learn more Attorneys representing what would be the nation’s first religiously-affiliated public charter school in Oklahoma have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state’s high court ruling in June that found the school unconstitutional. In their petition, filed Oct. 7, attorneys for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School argue that the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the right of religious individuals and organizations to participate equally in state programs that serve the public. John Meiser, director of the Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic at the University of Notre Dame, which is representing the school, told National Catholic Reporter that recent Supreme Court decisions support his position that St. Isidore has a right to participate in Oklahoma’s charter school program. "We think it’s a good program, but what the state can’t do, what the First Amendment doesn’t allow the state to do, is to open up that […]