The Supreme Court appeared likely to side with a Wisconsin-based Catholic Charities group in its fight over a state ruling it says “undermines" its mission of caring for the sick and poor.

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 Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to a claim brought by Catholic-affiliated charitable groups that they were wrongly denied religious exemptions from a state tax that funds unemployment benefits.

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic on Monday toward a bid by an arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption from the state's unemployment insurance tax in the latest religious rights case to reach the justices.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court had ruled that the group’s activities in serving the state’s poor were not religious enough to qualify for a tax exemption.

The case was brought by a chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin, which says that it should be able to opt out of the mandatory state unemployment compensation system.

The Supreme Court signaled Monday it is poised to side with Catholic Charities in a dispute over whether religiously affiliated groups are entitled to an exemption from certain state taxes, a decision that could expand the types of groups that would receive a break under the First Amendment.

The case against Catholic Charities has no ground for success, but much precedent. It's more proof of anti-Christian sentiment in the U.S.

The Supreme Court is considering a case about a Catholic charity in Wisconsin that's seeking an exemption from paying into the state's unemployment insurance system.