Supreme Court justices are meeting to discuss cases on high-profile issues including religious freedom and a same-sex wedding flower arrangement, assault weapons limits, contraceptive access, and so-called 'faithless electors' in presidential elections.
Washington Supreme Court justices are meeting behind closed doors on Friday to discuss several cases on high-profile issues including religious freedom and a same-sex wedding flower arrangement, assault weapons limits, access to contraceptives, and so-called"faithless electors" in presidential elections.
Friday's conference is the first scheduled time the nine justices will meet face-to-face in 2020 to conduct business.It comes ahead of what will be a momentous Supreme Court session in the midst of the presidential election. Already, justices are poised to rule on the future of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children.
What is the Electoral College? 02:05Little Sisters of the Poor back at the CourtThe court could also consider case involving the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Roman Catholic religious order for women, petitioning the court to affirm religious exemptions under the Affordable Care Act's long controversial requirement that employer-provided health insurance plans cover birth control as a preventive service.
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