Overview
- Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a remedial brief urging either broadening the statute to cover groups like Catholic Charities or striking the exemption entirely.
- The Becket Fund, representing Catholic Charities Bureau, submitted a supplemental brief opposing elimination and asking the court to grant the exemption to its client.
- The state high court ordered additional briefing on the remedy and is considering how to resolve the exemption’s future under Wisconsin law.
- In June, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that Wisconsin’s denial violated the First Amendment, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor stressing neutrality between religions.
- Opponents of elimination warn that ending the exemption could impose new unemployment-tax costs on faith-based organizations, potentially reaching thousands of dollars.