“Trump Administration Argues Law Doesn’t Protect Gays From Workplace Bias; Legal filing comes in highly anticipated case the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear in October”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Brooke Sopelsa of NBC News reports that “Gay workers not covered by civil rights law, Trump admin tells Supreme Court; The Justice Department, in a brief submitted to the high court Friday, argued that Title VII ‘does not bar discrimination because of sexual orientation.’”

Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Trump Administration Asked The Supreme Court To Legalize Firing Workers Simply For Being Gay; Friday’s brief comes after the administration argued that federal law allows firing workers simply for being transgender.”

Earlier, Emma Green of The Atlantic reported that “America Moved On From Its Gay-Rights Moment — And Left a Legal Mess Behind; Half a decade after the Supreme Court’s same-sex-marriage decision, the justices and Congress are still trying to figure out what federal law should say about LGBTQ rights.”

You can access the amicus brief that the federal government filed in the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“A silent justice prompts look at race for Arkansas Supreme Court”: Max Brantley of Arkansas Times has this report.

“Supreme Court wants AG Healey’s office to respond to Michelle Carter’s request for high court review”: Travis Andersen of The Boston Globe has this report.

And David Linton of The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, Massachusetts reports that “U.S. Supreme Court wants state AG to respond to Michelle Carter of Plainville’s petition.”

“Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine’s wife files for divorce, cites adultery; DeWine laments ‘political gossip'”: Jessie Balmert and Jackie Borchardt of The Cincinnati Enquirer have this report.

And Andrew J. Tobias of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Wife of Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine files for divorce, alleging ‘adultery, extreme cruelty.’“