Courts & Law

The court rejected a challenge from Christian employers to the Affordable Care Act's preventive health care coverage requirement that affects some 150 million Americans.

The outcome was a victory for the Republican president, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda.

"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the June 26, 2015, ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.

Thursday's 6-3 ruling comes amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.

Miles Pfeffer was also found guilty of criminal homicide of a law enforcement officer, disarming an officer, robbery, theft, evading arrest and weapons crimes.

Authorities have said Thomas “T.J.” Siderio was on the ground and unarmed when the officer fired the fatal shot into his back.

The charges stem from a congressional oversight visit at Newark's Delaney Hall facility on May 9. Mayor Ras Baraka also was arrested the same day.

As the court nears summer recess, some of its biggest cases, like birthright citizenship, age verification for online pornography, religious opt-outs in schools, remain.

Emil Bove was nominated to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which sees cases from the Delaware Valley. A whistleblower said Bove proposed ignoring court orders.

Mark Sellers was beaten in a Wilmington home and killed execution-style in an industrial park near Philadelphia. Six people have been convicted.

Delaware AG Kathy Jennings said the new charges stemmed from law enforcement investigation and commitment to public safety.

Teresa Youngblut allegedly fired the bullet that killed agent David Maland in January. Authorities have linked the Zizians group to killings in Pennsylvania and California.

The whistleblower's claims about Emil Bove come a day before he is set to face lawmakers for his confirmation hearing to become a federal appeals court judge.

The complaint filed by Angelize Rodriguez is the latest fallout from a series of shootings that shuttered the Landlord and Tenant Office last year.

The decision effectively protects from legal challenges many Trump administration and Republican-led state government efforts to roll back protections for transgender people.