The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to a bid by an arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption from the state's unemployment insurance tax in a case with potential implications for constitutional religious rights.
During the arguments conservative and liberal justices alike questioned why Wisconsin appeared to be treating some religions more beneficially than others in granting a tax exemption. Read more about the arguments.
"I thought it was pretty fundamental that we don't treat some religions better than other religions and we certainly don't do it based on the content of the religious doctrine that those religions preach," liberal Justice Elena Kagan told Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Colin Roth.
"Isn't it a fundamental premise of our First Amendment that the state shouldn't be picking and choosing between religions?" added conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch.
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