US Supreme Court hears Catholic schools’ funding dispute

The US Supreme Court is hearing a challenge on Tuesday brought by two Catholic preschools regarding a state requirement for receiving public funds. According to Punch, the challenge contests a requirement that the schools enroll children of gay or transgender parents. CBS News reports that the Archdiocese of Denver and the preschools claim they were unlawfully excluded from Colorado's universal preschool program because they refused to admit students from LGBTQ families.

Separately, the Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in an effort to sideline approximately 20,000 disputed California mail ballots ahead of midterm elections. The Korea Times reports that the federal government seeks to prevent these ballots from being counted until the citizenship status of certain voters can be verified.

While the Justice Department requested a limited injunction to stop the commingling of suspected illegal ballots with legal ones, California officials have stated the list of suspected noncitizens is highly unreliable.

In Ghana, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hold its normal sitting on Tuesday, November 3, despite an indefinite strike by the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG). MyJoyOnline Ghana reports that Judicial Secretary Musah Ahmed issued a notice stating the sitting will proceed following a directive from Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie.

Brief written by urgent.news from Punch Nigeria, Punch, The Korea Times, MyJoyOnline Ghana, CBS News — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.