WASHINGTON >> Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy Wednesday toward a bid led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation’s first taxpayer- funded religious charter school in a major test of religious rights and the separation of church and state in American education.

The U.S. Supreme Court has acted in a series of cases involving challenges to executive orders signed by President Donald Trump and actions by his administration since he returned to office in January.

President Donald Trump says he’s relying on Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice’s interpretation of a Supreme Court order that the government “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.