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The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court.
A chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin contends it should be exempted from the state's unemployment compensation system because it's a charitable organization with a religious mission.
The dispute, which could have broad implications for religious freedom and how states define religious activity, centers on whether the Catholic Charities Bureau should be conside ...
Oral arguments in the case, Catholic Charities Bureau Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, are set for 10 a.m. Monday in Washington. At issue is whether a charitable organization ...
The Supreme Court on Monday appeared sympathetic to the argument by a Catholic Charities chapter that Wisconsin violated the Constitution when it refused to give the group the same exemption from the ...
In its effort to oppose Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin wants human dignity without a moral context to uphold it. The organization seeks exemption from state unemployment ...
A majority of the justices seemed likely to side with Catholic Charities, but they debated where to draw the line for religious exemptions.
Monday's case was brought by a single chapter of Catholic Charities, affiliated with the Diocese of Superior in northern Wisconsin. The chapter contends that it is entitled to be exempted from the ...
A Wisconsin chapter of Catholic Charities, a social services arm of Catholic dioceses nationwide, challenged the top state court’s determination that it does not qualify for a religious tax ...
The Supreme Court appeared likely to side with a Wisconsin-based Catholic Charities group in its fight with the government over a state ruling it says "distorts" and "undermines" its mission of ...
The ruling in the case involving a group of Catholic charities seeking tax exemptions in Wisconsin could have national ramifications. The Supreme Court appears likely to side with a group of ...