The Wisconsin Supreme Court blocked a bid by the state’s Democrat attorney general to effectively sidestep a U.S. Supreme Court ruling involving a Wisconsin-based Catholic charity.
In its Monday order, the Badger State’s highest court affirmed that the Catholic Charities Bureau (CCB) and its sub-entities are eligible for a sought-after tax exemption status that would allow them to not contribute to Wisconsin’s unemployment system. The decision came months after SCOTUS handed down its ruling on the matter, which favored the Christian organization.
“You’d think Wisconsin would take a 9-0 Supreme Court loss as a hint to stop digging,” Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Vice President and Senior Counsel Eric Rassbach said in a statement. “But apparently Attorney General Kaul and his staff are gluttons for punishment. Thankfully, the Wisconsin Supreme Court put an end to the state’s tomfoolery and confirmed that Catholic Charities is entitled to the exemption it already won.”
CCB first pursued the exemption in 2016 but was repeatedly denied in the years that followed by the state and ultimately, the Wisconsin court system. In rejecting the group’s exemption request, the Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed with the state’s claim that the CCB doesn’t qualify because it didn’t establish that it operates for a primarily religious purpose.
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