Wisconsin AG Discourages Review of Catholic Nonprofit Tax Ruling

Wisconsin’s attorney general says that the Supreme Court doesn’t need to review a March ruling from the state’s highest court that a Catholic nonprofit can’t meet its religious exemption.

Wisconsin Attorney General Joshua Kaul spoke in a Friday brief against disturbing the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s March ruling against Catholic Charities Bureau Inc. and four of its subsidiaries. In a split ruling, that court determined the nonprofit would be required to pay into the unemployment system.

That court “got it right,” Kaul said.

“Courts routinely deny religious tax exemptions to entities that assert religious motivations without overly entangling themselves in religious ...