Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters told Newsmax on Monday that the Catholic charter school case in his state that has been taken up by the Supreme Court is foundationally a religious liberty case because “there is no wall of separation between church and state.”

Last week, the high court heard arguments in a bid led by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa to establish St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would be the nation’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school.

During his appearance on “National Report,” Walters said proponents of the school are excited by the “justices President [Donald] Trump has put on the court” because “they’re originalists.”

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