- Wisconsin denied Catholic Charities unemployment tax exemption
- Justices concerned with state entanglement with religion
Supreme Court justices from across the ideological spectrum appeared ready to side with a religious group seeking an unemployment tax exemption, in the first of three church-state disputes on tap in coming weeks.
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“I thought it was pretty fundamental that we don’t treat some religions better than other religions,” Justice Elena Kagan said. “And we certainly don’t do it based on the content of the religious doctrine that those religions preach.”
“Cases and Controversies” hosts Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler break down arguments in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Indus., and take a look of some of the court’s recent opinions.
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