The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a significant 1st Amendment case that could reshape the balance between religious liberty and state taxation laws.
At the center of the case is a dispute involving the Catholic Charities Bureau in Wisconsin, which argues that it should be exempt from state unemployment taxes under the 1st Amendment. The petition, one of the high court’s first religious liberties cases of the term, stems from Wisconsin’s refusal to grant an exemption to Catholic Charities, despite similar exemptions being available in 47 states and federally for religious organizations.
FILE – The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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University of Richmond law professor Kurt Lash posted to X that the focus for the justices
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