Trump’s Taxes, Birth Control Top Supreme Court’s Closing Agenda
(Worthy News) – The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to cap a term like no other with potentially blockbuster decisions covering birth control, religious rights and President Donald Trump’s efforts to keep his financial records private.
A divided U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled that federal law protects gay and transgender workers from job discrimination in a watershed decision that gives millions of LGBT people in dozens of states civil rights they had sought for decades.© Bloomberg The U.S. Supreme Court building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. A divided U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled that federal law protects gay and transgender workers from job discrimination in a watershed decision that gives millions of LGBT people in dozens of states civil rights they had sought for decades.
The justices will tackle their eight remaining cases starting Monday, when they issue opinions in July for the first time since 1996. The eight cases were heard in an extraordinary May argument session, held by telephone because of the coronavirus outbreak. The justices could finish their work later in the week. [ Source: Bloomberg (Read More…) ]