Breaking: Supreme Court Strikes Down Wisconsin Religious Tax Rule in Unanimous Decision
Ruling rebukes state for requiring faith-based charities to proselytize or limit services to co-religionists in order to qualify for unemployment tax exemption In a unanimous decision issued June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Wisconsin violated the First Amendment by denying Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. and several of its subentities a religious exemption […]
Read MoreTexas Supreme Court Clears Way for Attorney General to Proceed Against Migrant Shelter
Ruling reverses trial court’s constitutional block on Ken Paxton’s attempt to revoke Annunciation House’s corporate charter The Texas Supreme Court ruled on May 30, 2025, that Attorney General Ken Paxton may initiate a quo warranto action against Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit in El Paso that provides shelter to migrants. A quo warranto action is […]
Read MorePublic Park Permits Don’t Justify Religious Speaker Removal at Franklin Pride, Court Finds
Case hinges on public forum status, viewpoint discrimination, and improper government enforcement. In a June 3, 2025 ruling, a federal judge declined to dismiss the core constitutional claims brought by five individuals who say they were ejected or barred from the 2023 Franklin Pride festival for expressing their religious beliefs. Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. […]
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