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🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Everything’s bigger in Texas, including court disagreements. Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Fifth Circuit drama with an eye toward a Ken Paxton lawsuit. The Agenda: —Taxes, the First Amendment, and Catholics —SCOTUS takes a gamble with seating —Ken Paxton's abortion lawsuit —Diversity quotas and the SEC —En banc-ers —Donny gets $15 million —Senior status … sike! —Bring back booze anniversary Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ready?
0:02.0	I was born ready.
0:04.0	Welcome to Advisory Opinions.
0:06.0	I'm Sarah Isker. That's David French. And David, I am on the clock today and in taping this episode because three members of my house have what is almost certainly a stomach virus.
0:33.9	Oh, no. And I'm okay.
0:36.7	Okay. Yeah. No, you're the sands of the hourglass are running out for you,
0:41.4	Sarah Isker. So if this podcast, it's abruptly, just know that from an audio perspective,
0:49.2	you should be grateful. Yeah. Oh, I remember those young kids stomach virus days. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. First up, David,
0:58.4	we have a really interesting cert grant from SCOTUS about Catholicism. And I do mean it's about
1:06.5	Catholicism. Will you explain this to us? Yes. This is a fascinating and hustling case. So here's the,
1:15.9	here are the basic facts. I'm going to read from the cert petition. It says Wisconsin exempts
1:20.5	from its state unemployment tax system, certain religious organizations that are, quote,
1:26.1	operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported
1:29.1	by a church or convention or association of churches, unquote, and that are also, quote,
1:35.1	operated primarily for religious purposes. So this is an element of Wisconsin's state tax exemption
1:44.0	policy.
1:45.7	So the petitioners are Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior in Wisconsin
1:51.4	and several subentities, although all of them agree that Catholic Charities is controlled
1:56.4	by a church, the Diocese of Superior.
1:59.0	The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that Catholic Charities
2:01.5	does not operated primarily for religious purposes and thus does not qualify for the tax exemption.
2:08.3	Specifically, the court held that Catholic Charities activities are not, quote, typical religious
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