Supreme Court Sides With Religious Groups in 9–0 Decision

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🗓️ 13 June 2025

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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a catholic charity in Wisconsin. By doing so, they expanded the rights of all religious non-profits across the country.

Let’s go through the details of the case, what the specific issue at play was, what the Supreme Court ruling said, as well as what it means for Americans who do not live in Wisconsin. 

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0:00.0	In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has just ruled 9 to 0 in favor of a Catholic charity over in the state of Wisconsin.
0:09.4	And by doing so, they have effectively expanded the rights of religious non-profits across the whole country.
0:15.6	Let's go through the details of this case, what this specific issue at play was, what the Supreme Court ruling actually said,
0:22.8	as well as what it means for you and I, the people who don't necessarily live within the state of
0:28.0	Wisconsin. To start with, the organization at the center of this whole case is called the Catholic
0:34.8	Charities Bureau. It's a nonprofit that functions as an arm of the Roman Catholic
0:40.9	diocese over in Superior, Wisconsin. And the Catholic Charities Bureau, as an organization,
0:47.7	it provides almost exclusively social services. They run several different affiliated organizations
0:52.8	that do different things. They help the
0:55.1	elderly, they help the disabled, they give food to those in need, they provide shelter to the
1:01.2	homeless, things like that. Now, very notably and very importantly to the story is the fact
1:08.1	that these services are available to the general public. They're basically
1:12.3	available to everyone, not just the Catholics. Also, the Catholic Charities Bureau doesn't really
1:18.2	engage in traditional religious activities like worship, Bible study, prayer, trying to convert
1:23.3	the participants in their programs to Catholicism or things like that. Their range of activities are exclusively secular, and it's that part that becomes relevant in a moment.
1:31.3	Now, over in the state of Wisconsin, they have a state law which exempts religious organizations
1:36.3	from having to pay into the state's unemployment insurance program, or to be more technical,
1:41.3	quote, Wisconsin law excuses religious organizations that are operated,
1:46.0	supervised, controlled, or principally supported by a church or convention or association of churches
1:52.0	from paying state unemployment tax.
1:54.0	Now, naturally, the Catholic Charities Bureau wanted to take advantage of that exemption.
2:00.0	They applied for it, but they were rejected.
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