In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Wisconsin violated a church-affiliated charity’s First Amendment rights by denying a state unemployment tax exemption based on “theological choices.” (Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, No. 24-154)
In the case, Catholic Charities, the social ministry arm of a Roman Catholic diocese, challenged Wisconsin’s reading of a statute that provides a “religious purposes” exemption from unemployment tax.
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