Update, 1:30 p.m.

A hearing on the attorney general's effort to block Gov. John Bel Edwards' order banning discrimination in state government against LGBT people has been pushed back to Nov. 29.

Both sides arrived in court Wednesday. But lawyers for the two elected officials disagreed on what should be handled in the hearing.

Judge Todd Hernandez spent nearly two hours in a closed-door meeting with the lawyers, trying to work out scheduling details. When they emerged, the new hearing date was set.

Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry says the Democratic governor's anti-discrimination order violates the state constitution. Landry's asking for a preliminary injunction prohibiting Edwards from enforcing the order.

Edwards accuses Landry of repeatedly exceeding his authority and is asking Hernandez to define the attorney general's role in office.

Original story

BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana attorney general's effort to block Gov. John Bel Edwards' order banning discrimination in state government against LGBT people has reached a courtroom.

Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry says the Democratic governor's anti-discrimination order violates state law and exceeds the governor's authority. Landry's asking Wednesday for a judge to issue a preliminary injunction, prohibiting Edwards from enforcing the order.

Edwards accuses the attorney general of playing politics and says he has the legal authority to issue the protection order he released in April. It prohibits discrimination in government and state contracts based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The order includes an exception for contractors that are religious organizations.

Landry has blocked dozens of contracts to let state agencies hire outside lawyers that contain the anti-discrimination clause.