US EditionIn NCLA Amicus Win, Wisconsin Supreme Court Finds Catholic Charities Eligible for Tax Exemption
The court ordered the state Labor and Industry Review Commission to restore the exemption after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the denial violated First Amendment religious protections.
- On Dec. 15, 2025, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered Wisconsin to declare Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. and its Superior-based chapter eligible for the unemployment tax exemption and directed the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission to deem them eligible.
- Following a June 5 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the court unanimously reversed the earlier state-court denial and remanded the case to Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin had argued that the Superior-based organization and four subsidiary agencies offer largely secular services, including job training without religious instruction, disqualifying Catholic Charities.
- Backers including nineteen state attorneys general and the Wisconsin Catholic Conference said the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision affirmed the Diocese of Superior's religious liberty, while the New Civil Liberties Alliance called it a major victory for religious freedom.
- The state had argued to end the tax exemption for all church-operated organizations rather than just stop discrimination against Catholic Charities, but critics said this would violate the Wisconsin Constitution's separation of powers.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Backs Catholic Charities in Rights Battle
A Catholic charitable organization in Wisconsin must be granted a legal exemption from the state’s unemployment tax system, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Monday, bringing to a close a years-long legal dispute that reached the nation’s highest court. The ruling in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Labor and Industry Review Commission comes just over six months after a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court said Wisconsin violated the First Amendment by deny…
Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks state bid to undo Catholic Charities tax exemption
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Dec. 15 ruled that Catholic Charities Bureau and its affiliates are eligible for a religious exemption from the state’s unemployment insurance… The post Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks state bid to undo Catholic Charities tax exemption appeared first on CatholicVote org.
Lawyers for the Little Sisters of the Poor impose themselves on Wisconsin's attempt to remove the religious exemption from the state unemployment program rather than abide by the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Catholic Charities.
Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses course, now says Catholic is charity exempt from unemployment tax
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a Catholic charity can be exempt from an unemployment insurance tax, affirming an earlier ruling from the United States Supreme Court. #Wisconsin #SupremeCourt #CatholicCharities #exemption #Becket #religiousfreedom
Even leftist court says Wisconsin’s war on Catholic Charities went too far * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link A scheme assembled by officials in the state of Wisconsin to claim Catholic Charities isn’t religious enough to qualify for an exemption from the state’s unemployment tax was shot down, 9-0, by the U.S. Supreme Court. So state officials doubled down, insisting that they could remove the tax exemption from EVERY religious group
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