Justices Seek US Views on Job Cases Involving Religion, Bias

The US Supreme Court asked the Trump administration to weigh in on whether to take up two employment-related cases, one covering religion in the workplace and the other on policing sex bias in the education system.

The justices Monday requested the solicitor general to opine on a case brought by a group of former New York health-care workers who sued after the state denied their religious exemption request to its now-rescinded Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

The workers are challenging a US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision tossing their lawsuit. At issue is whether employers need not comply with ...