The U.S. Supreme Court this morning will hear oral arguments in Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission. In the case, the Wisconsin Supreme Court by a vote of 4-3 held that Catholic Charities Bureau and four of its sub-entities are not entitled to an exemption from the state's unemployment compensation law. (See prior posting.) Catholic Charities' petition for certiorari asks the Supreme Court to decide if Wisconsin violated the 1st Amendment's religion clauses when it held that Catholic Charities activities are primarily charitable and secular so that the statutory religious organization exemption is not available to it. The SCOTUSblog case page has links to the pleadings and briefs filed in the case. The oral arguments will be broadcast live by the Court at 10:00 AM at this page. An audio recording and a written transcript of the oral arguments will be posted later today by the Court on this page.
UPDATE: Here are links to the transcript and audio recording of arguments in the case.
