Unanimous Supreme Court sides with Catholic Charities in Wisconsin case

Unanimous Supreme Court sides with Catholic Charities in Wisconsin case

NPR Washington Desk

June 05, 2025 / 8:03 am

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that Catholic Charities can opt out of participating in a state unemployment compensation program in Wisconsin.

The opinion by Justice Sonia Sotomayor reversed a state Supreme Court decision.

"It is fundamental to our constitutional order that the government maintain 'neutrality between religion and religion,'" Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the court's three liberals, wrote in her opinion for the court. "There may be hard calls to make in policing that rule, but this is not one. When the government distinguishes among religions based on theological differences in their provision of services, it imposes a denominational preference tha