The case is another opportunity for the conservative court to build on recent high-profile rulings affirming the rights of religious groups.

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a Colorado law that requires preschools receiving taxpayer money to enroll children of same-sex couples — setting up an important First Amendment showdown at the high court that pits religious rights against LGBTQ families.

For more than 200 years, it has worked at a slow and deliberate pace, weighing written briefs and oral arguments. The justices listen, read, discuss, vote and write detailed opinions and dissents that explain their thinking.

Parents around the country have challenged school policies addresssing gender transitions. The Supreme Court has so far declined to weigh in.

The court agreed Monday to take up the appeal from St. Mary Catholic Parish, which is supported by the Republican Trump administration.

The Supreme Court will hear from Catholic preschools that say Colorado violated their religious rights by excluding them from a state-funded program over their admission policies.

The Catholic Church wants to participate in Colorado's tuition-free preschool program without admitting students from LGBTQ+ families.

A law professor at Florida International University writes that, even from an originalist perspective, birthright citizenship is clear what is intended in the 14th Amendment.