The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the blockbuster case on same-sex marriage on April 28, the Wall Street Journal law blog reports. The high court will hear two and one half hours of argument on cases originating from Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan. The justices will be considering whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry nationwide.

A bill to extend the Tennessee Economic Council on Women failed to pass in a Senate committee Wednesday, the Nashville Business Journal reports. Sponsored by Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, the legislation sought to extend the council's termination date at the end of June for another four years, through June 2019. Established in 1998, the council's mission is to "assess the economic status of women in Tennessee in order to develop and advocate solutions that will address their economic needs and promote economic autonomy," according to its website.

A student organization filed a federal lawsuit yesterday claiming Tennessee's voter identification law violates the rights of college students by not allowing them to use school IDs to vote, the Tennessean reports. The suit comes after a four-year debate, protests and multiple failed attempts in the Tennessee General Assembly to allow use of the identification. The Fair Elections Legal Network, a national voting rights organization, and Nashville law firm Barrett Johnston Martin & Garrison, filed the lawsuit against Secretary of State Tre Hargett and Mark Goins, the state's coordinator of elections on behalf of the Nashville Student Organizing Committee, a student-run social justice and civil rights organization.

Frustrated with the pace of Loretta Lynch’s confirmation process, Senate Democrats are ramping up pressure on Republicans to schedule floor consideration of the president’s pick to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. They are circulating a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, saying the nomination has already been pending for 117 days and should be called up swiftly. RollCall has the story.

A resolution to allow Tennessee voters to decide if they want to elect the state’s attorney general was approved yesterday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sponsored by Sen. Mae Beavers, R-Mt. Juliet, Senate Joint Resolution 63 would begin the process of amending the state constitution, which if approved, would go to voters in the 2018 general election. The Chattanoogan has more.

The Tennessee Board of Law Examiners has launched a newly designed website. The site contains more streamlined access to information regarding admission to the bar, bar exam requirements and Supreme Court rules governing attorney licensing.

Learn about key emerging issues in the electronic payments industry during a TBA CLE webcast March 12 at noon. From Apple Pay to bitcoin, the industry is evolving rapidly, which means how clients pay and get paid is changing as well.

A WATE investigation finds that Knoxville leaders are keeping track of their emails and complying with Tennessee’s Open Records Act in different ways. According to the news source, Knox County keeps tracks of records, including emails and doesn’t allow employees to use personal email accounts for government business. In the city of Knoxville, everyone handles their own emails, and Mayor Rogero has an executive assistant who keeps track of her correspondence. 

The Supreme Court was sharply divided today in the latest challenge to President Barack Obama's health insurance overhaul, this time over the tax subsidies that make insurance affordable for millions of Americans. The justices are trying to determine whether the law makes people in all 50 states eligible for federal tax subsidies to cut the cost of insurance premiums, or if it limits tax credits to people who live in states that created their own health insurance marketplaces. According to the Associated Press, the same liberal-conservative divide that characterized earlier cases was evident in the nearly 90 minutes of back-and-forth questioning. A decision is expected by late June.

Officials in Georgia announced yesterday that the state was suspending executions indefinitely while it tests the drugs that it had planned to use in an execution on Monday night. The decision came a day after Georgia called off the execution of Kelly Renee Gissendaner, the only woman on the state's death row, several hours after it was set to take place. No new dates were announced for the executions, instead the Department of Corrections said that when it "is prepared to proceed," sentencing courts will issue new execution orders, the Crossville Chronicle reports from the Washington Post.