Trio of Religious Liberty Cases Getting Supreme Court Arguments

April 4, 2025, 3:12 PM UTC

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.”

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To contact the reporters on this story: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson in Washington at krobinson@bloomberglaw.com; Lydia Wheeler in Washington at lwheeler@bloomberglaw.com

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Seth Stern at sstern@bloomberglaw.com; John Crawley at jcrawley@bloomberglaw.com

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