Religious Freedom From Taxes? SCOTUS Will Hear Key Case in 2025

Religious Freedom From Taxes? SCOTUS Will Hear Key Case in 2025

Click here to view original article www.kiplinger.com (Image credit: joe daniel price/Getty Images) By Kelley R. Taylor last updated 16 December 2024 in News If you’re wondering what the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and religious liberty have to do with taxes, you’re probably not alone. These issues are…

Supreme Court takes Catholic Charities bid to evade state unemployment taxes

Supreme Court takes Catholic Charities bid to evade state unemployment taxes

Click here to view original article www.washingtonexaminer.com The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a significant 1st Amendment case that could reshape the balance between religious liberty and state taxation laws. At the center of the case is a dispute involving the Catholic Charities Bureau in Wisconsin, which argues that…

US Supreme Court will hear clash over religious exemptions from Wisconsin tax

US Supreme Court will hear clash over religious exemptions from Wisconsin tax

Click here to view original article www.reuters.com The flag of the U.S. state Wisconsin is seen in this illustration taken, August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Catholic entity says state court ruling violated First Amendment Groups "operated primarily for religious purposes" are exempt WASHINGTON,…

Louisiana Law on Ten Commandments in Classrooms Remains Blocked by Court

Louisiana Law on Ten Commandments in Classrooms Remains Blocked by Court

Click here to view original article www.newsweek.com A Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms remains blocked by an appellate court ruling on Wednesday. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a state request to temporarily halt in Baton Rouge that blocked state education officials…

Small business group joins suit against Illinois law restricting employer speech

Small business group joins suit against Illinois law restricting employer speech

Click here to view original article justthenews.com (The Center Square) – An Illinois trade organization has joined a legal challenge to a new law that restricts employers’ free speech rights in the workplace. The Schaumburg-based Technology and Manufacturing Association represents more than 800 small businesses in Illinois. The group has…

Court strikes down Louisiana Ten Commandments law

Court strikes down Louisiana Ten Commandments law

Click here to view original article baptistnews.com A Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in every public classroom is “unconstitutional on its face” and may not go into effect Jan. 1 as state officials hoped, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles in Baton…

The Problem with Religious Charter Schools

The Problem with Religious Charter Schools

Click here to view original article news.google.com Texas students rally for School Choice_GettyImages-539724026 The United States has long struggled to determine where religion fits into an ostensibly secular public education system. Given religion’s, and particularly Christianity’s, crucial cultural role within American society, and education’s fundamental role in “ transmitting ”…

Federal court allows religious homelessness nonprofit to hire based on sexuality

Federal court allows religious homelessness nonprofit to hire based on sexuality

Click here to view original article www.seattletimes.com The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is supported by BECU, Campion Foundation, Raikes Foundation and Seattle Foundation. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. A federal court ruled Friday that a religious organization providing homelessness services in Yakima is temporarily allowed…

Notre Dame Law professor discusses religious freedom

Notre Dame Law professor discusses religious freedom

Click here to view original article www.ndsmcobserver.com Professor Richard Garnett gives a talk at the Notre Dame law school. Photo by Luka Vaicekauskaite / The Observer On Monday, Notre Dame Law school professor Richard W. Garnett delivered a timely lecture titled “Freedom of Religion in Catholic Teaching and Constitutional Law.”…

Notre Dame Law professor discusses religious freedom

Notre Dame Law professor discusses religious freedom

Click here to view original article www.ndsmcobserver.com Professor Richard Garnett gives a talk at the Notre Dame law school. Photo by Luka Vaicekauskaite / The Observer On Monday, Notre Dame Law school professor Richard W. Garnett delivered a timely lecture titled “Freedom of Religion in Catholic Teaching and Constitutional Law.”…

Ukraine: New Law Raises Religious Freedom Concerns

Ukraine: New Law Raises Religious Freedom Concerns

Click here to view original article www.hrw.org A Ukrainian flag in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kozelets, Chernihivska region, on May 14, 2022 (Kyiv, October 30, 2024) – Ukraine’s new law banning religious organizations with ties to the Russian Orthodox…