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Subject: How One Nonprofit Leader Is Navigating Funding Cuts
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The Supreme Court has ruled that Catholic Charities in Wisconsin must be granted a tax exemption that other religious organizations enjoy, ending a dispute between the charity and state officials, and overturning a ruling from Wisconsin’s highest court. In denying the religious exemption from unemployment taxes to Catholic Charities, the state argued that the charity’s functions were essentially secular, noting specifically that it did not proselytize or serve only Catholics. But lawyers for the organization told the Justices that “showing Christ’s love to the disabled, elderly, hungry, and poor is a ‘religious’ activity.’” The Supreme Court said the state had unconstitutionally made a distinction among faiths based upon their religious practices. (Washington Post)
The head of a foundation that supports newly minted public interest lawyers has resigned over a deal that its associated law firm made with the Trump administration. Kathleen Rubenstein stepped down from the Skadden Foundation, which is a project of the Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom firm to support fellows who partner with certain nonprofits. Among a group of firms that Trump had targeted for their ties to lawyers whom he perceives as enemies, Skadden agreed to provide “$100 million in free legal services on causes of interest to the firm and the White House” and to make changes to its fellowship program. On social media, Rubenstein said she hopes “Skadden charts a path that respects the rule of law and honors the core values of the Skadden Foundation.” (Bloomberg Law)
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