Despite losing 9-0 at SCOTUS, Wisconsin still won’t take the L. State officials are defying the Court’s unanimous ruling in Catholic Charities Bureau and continuing to fight my clients in court. @becketfund just asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to put a stop to it.
In June, all nine SCOTUS Justices rejected Wisconsin’s argument that Catholic Charities’ care for the poor and needy wasn’t religious enough to qualify for a religious exemption. becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20250605101444…
Justice Sotomayor explained that Wisconsin had violated federal law by “impos[ing] a denominational preference by differentiating between religions based on theological lines.” The Court further recognized that “whether to express and inculcate religious doctrine through worship, proselytization, or religious education when performing charitable work are, again, fundamentally theological choices driven by the content of different religious doctrines.”
Rather than following the Supreme Court’s ruling, Wisconsin officials are now trying to avoid it by attacking the religious exemption itself. The attorney general recently asked the state’s high court to consider axing the exemption entirely—undermining a key protection relied on by faith-based organizations across Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court then ordered additional briefing on the question. Becket is asking the court to stop this maneuver in its tracks. becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20251021093356…
If the state succeeds, it would harm not only Catholic Charities but also countless churches, synagogues, mosques, and other ministries that depend on the same exemption.
Rather than accepting defeat, the state is now trying to punish all religious groups in Wisconsin, not just Catholic Charities. Doubling down on excluding religious people makes a mockery of both our legal system and religious freedom.
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