<img src="https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-loaded/v1/tA0BlvNnD-Mh8zoh40MJE3n9ye8UNv30" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="The morning read for Monday, March 31" title="The morning read for Monday, March 31"> <img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Banner200115r-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The morning read for Monday, March 31" title="The morning read for Monday, March 31" style="float:right;" decoding="async" /><p><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" title="LinkedIn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_email" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" title="Email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_printfriendly" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/printfriendly?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" title="PrintFriendly" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_no_icon addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&title=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" data-a2a-url="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/the-morning-read-for-monday-march-31/" data-a2a-title="The morning read for Monday, March 31">Share</a></p><p>The justice will hear oral arguments in <em><a class="case-title" href="https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/catholic-charities-bureau-inc-v-wisconsin-labor-industry-review-commission/">Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission</a></em> and <em><a class="case-title" href="https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/rivers-v-lumpkin/">Rivers v. Guerrero</a></em> this morning. <em>Catholic Charities </em>is one of three religious rights cases the justices will hear in the final weeks of the 2024-25 term’s arguments. The social ministry arm of the Catholic diocese in Wisconsin <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/supreme-court-considers-catholic-charity-groups-bid-for-tax-exemption/">urges the justices to rule</a> that the state violated the group’s constitutional rights when Wisconsin failed to give it a religious tax exemption from state unemployment tax. </p>
<p>Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-wisconsin-catholic-groups-claim-religious-tax-exemption-rcna198569">Supreme Court hears Catholic groups’ claim for religious tax exemption</a> (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/30/supreme-court-catholic-unemployment-tax-exemptions-wisconsin/82707581007/">Is helping people with disabilities a religious act? The core question in a Supreme Court case</a> (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/supreme-court-religion.html">Will Religion’s Remarkable Winning Streak at the Supreme Court Continue?</a> (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)</li>
<li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-deportations-birthright-citizenship-0787cdf8bd36b964c7974ed032717ed4">Trump increasingly asks the Supreme Court to overrule judges blocking key parts of his agenda</a> (Mark Sherman & Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-for-power-to-resume-deportation-flights-645baa37?st=ZxoRxj&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court for Power to Resume Deportation Flights</a> (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)</li>
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<p><strong>Coming up</strong>: On Wednesday, April 2, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.</p>
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The justice will hear oral arguments in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission and Rivers v. Guerrero this morning. Catholic Charities is one of three religious rights cases the justices will hear in the final weeks of the 2024-25 term’s arguments. The social ministry arm of the Catholic diocese in Wisconsin urges the justices to rule that the state violated the group’s constitutional rights when Wisconsin failed to give it a religious tax exemption from state unemployment tax.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic’s controversial message at the French Open, in which he said Kosovo was the “heart of Serbia,” is “clearly not appropriate,”…
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has filed a complaint against a local radio presenter who allegedly called on listeners to shoot him. “The journalist…
Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Programme, said Sunday the organization could “use $17 billion right now” to feed desperately hungry people. Speaking…