Justices Reject Intervention In Wiccan Tax Case

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to let Liberty Counsel, a conservative legal organization that specializes in religious freedom cases, intervene in a Wiccan challenge to a tax exemption for Bibles, religious publications and ceremonial items.

The brief order offers no explanation. The Wiccan Religious Cooperative of Florida argued in papers filed with the high court that interventions are not permitted once a case gets past the trial court stage. Full Story

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