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An Unfair and Uninformed Attack On Rebecca Taibleson's Jewish Faith

The Jewish Federation is a widely regarded Jewish charity that supports all Jews, and it is beyond the pale to attack a person based on their Rabbi.

Reason

Texas AG can't depose Catholic Charities leader in migrant aid case, appeals court rules

The three-judge panel agreed with a lower court that Ken Paxton’s office can’t question officials from Catholic Charities under oath without first filing a lawsuit.

The Texas Tribune

US supreme court backs Catholic charity group in unemployment taxes case

Catholic Charities had argued it should not be required to pay unemployment taxes

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Supreme Court sides with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case over unemployment taxes

The Supreme Court says a Catholic charity in Wisconsin doesn’t have to pay unemployment taxes in one of a set of religious-rights cases the justices are considering this term

The Independent UK

Trump administration releases people to shelters it threatened to prosecute for aiding migrants

The Trump administration has been releasing people charged with being in the country illegally to nongovernmental shelters along the U.S. border with Mexico after telling those organizations that providing migrants with temporary housing and other aid may violate a law used to prosecute smugglers

The Independent UK

Trump policy moves worry Afghan refugees in US military town and Christian groups that assist them

The Trump administration’s suspension of the federal refugee program has upended the lives of many Afghans who worked with the United States during wartime

The Independent UK

Supreme Court seems likely to side with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case

The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court

The Independent UK

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USDA Cuts Hit Food Banks Across the Country: ‘This Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg’

“I always tell people, ‘It’s gonna get worse before it gets better’ and people look at me like, ‘What do you mean? It can’t get any worse.’ Well, yeah, it can get worse, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.” Mike Robinson is at his computer, assessing his…

Capital & Main

A new Supreme Court case could totally change which employers have to pay into unemployment benefits

Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin could end unemployment benefit contributions for organizations with religious affiliations.

Fortune

Texas refugee aid group sues to unfreeze $36 million in federal funds

Catholic Charities Fort Worth says that its partners have had to lay off 750 people because of the freeze.

The Texas Tribune

US Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for halt in funding for refugee settlement

Catholic bishops are suing the Trump administration over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the nation’s largest private resettlement program

The Independent UK

Texas migrant shelters are nearly empty after Trump’s actions effectively shut the border

The shelters began seeing fewer people dropped off by customs and border agents following former President Joe Biden’s executive order limiting some asylum claims.

The Texas Tribune

Texas appeals court hears attorney general’s arguments for questioning Catholic Charities director over migrant services

Three Republican judges heard oral arguments Wednesday after a lower court blocked Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to depose the charity’s leader.

The Texas Tribune

Prof. Michael McConnell on The Supreme Court's Religion Docket

I'm delighted to be able to pass along this item from my Stanford colleague Prof. Michael McConnell (Stanford Law School),… The post Prof. Michael McConnell on The Supreme Court's Religion Docket appeared first on Reason.com.

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New Supreme Court Tax Case Involves Religious Freedom: What to Know

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a labor tax dispute that could have significant implications for religious organizations.

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Supreme Court To Review Religious Rights Case In Wisconsin

The Supreme Court will hear a case on whether a Catholic charity in Wisconsin must pay employment tax, raising questions on religious freedom and taxation.

Reason

Supreme Court Adds Two Potentially Significant Cases to OT2024 Docket

December certiorari grants on standing and religion are early holiday gifts for Court watchers.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court will hear Catholic charitable group's plea to be free from Wisconsin unemployment tax

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a new religious rights case over whether a Catholic charitable organization must pay Wisconsin’s employment tax

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Texas Observer

A Cuban Journalist Adjusts to Service-Sector Precarity in North Texas

My life as an immigrant is summarized as paying for a car to go to work and working to pay for that car.

International Business Times

Cardinal Dolan Still Getting Flamed For Breaking Bread With Donald Trump At Catholic Dinner

Sitting down with a controversial felon not a good look for the church just now, critics complain

The Independent UK

Judge's order shields Catholic Charities from deposition as Texas investigates border aid groups

A judge has rejected Texas’ attempts to compel a deposition from one of the largest migrant shelters on the U.S.-Mexico border

The Texas Tribune

Texas attorney general can’t question Catholic Charities director over migrant services, court says

Wednesday’s ruling is the second time a Texas judge has ruled against the attorney general for investigating shelters helping migrants.

The Conversation

Court battle to keep Annunciation House open underscores how faith groups strive to welcome strangers in the face of anti-immigrant sentiment

Over the past few months, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been locked in a court battle with Annunciation House, a network of shelters in the El Paso area that assists migrants with basic needs and legal aid. On July 2, 2024, district court Judge Francisco Dominguez issued a ruling…

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Texas Aid Group Challenges Investigation Into Migrant Nonprofits

Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley seeks legal protection amid Texas investigation into alleged unlawful activities by border nonprofits.

The Independent UK

Another Texas migrant aid group asks a judge to push back on investigation by Republican AG

A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border is asking a Texas judge to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants

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