SACRAMENTO, California, April 4 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: Despite Supreme Court's Stay Order, California Remains Committed to Fighting to Protect Grants That Support Our K-12 Teacher Preparation Pipeline OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a temporary restraining order (TRO) granted by the U.S. District Court for the District of  more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 4 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Condemns Federal Funding Cuts to Reproductive Health Care April 4, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the Trump administration notified health care providers that offer reproductive health care that they will no longer receive Title X funding: "Cutting funding for health care providers that of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Attorney General Pamela Bondi Statement on Supreme Court Victory Following tonight's ruling in Department of Education v. California, Attorney General Pamela Bondi released the following statement: "Today marks a significant victory for President Trump and the rule of law. This Supreme Court ruling vindicates what the Department of Justice has been arguing for months: local distric more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 --The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Kenneth Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, from a March 27, 2025, hearing entitled "Antisemitic Disruptions on Campus: Ensuring Safe Learning Environments for All Students": * * * Dear Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and the other honorable members of the Committee: My name is Kenneth Stern. I am the director of the Bard Center for the Study of  more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 4 [Category: Sociological] -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * FFRF Action Fund's endorsed candidates all won April 1 elections! FFRF Action Fund proudly announces that all of its endorsed candidates secured victories in the April 1 elections, marking a significant a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by Mary Anne Franks, a professor in intellectual property, technology and civil rights law at the George Washington University, from a March 25, 2025, hearing entitled "The Censorship Industrial Complex": * * * I am a constitutional law scholar who has researched, taught, and written on First Amendment law for nearly two decades. I also study the intersection between technology more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by Jonathan Turley, a professor of public interest law at the George Washington University, from a March 25, 2025, hearing entitled "The Censorship Industrial Complex": * * * Chairman Schmitt, ranking member Welch, members of the Subcommittee, my name is Jonathan Turley. I am a law professor at George Washington University, where I hold the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Chair of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by investigative journalist and columnist Benjamin Weingarten from a March 25, 2025, hearing entitled "The Censorship Industrial Complex": * * * I. Introduction Chairman Schmitt, Ranking Member Welch, and esteemed members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify, and particularly on a matter of such vital importance.1 Free speech is the bedrock of a free soci more PR

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, April 5 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School issued the following news: * * * Notre Dame Law School Students Compete in International Moot Court on Law and Religion in Rome Author: Alex Henry Notre Dame Law School students recently participated in the International Moot Court Competition in Law and Religion, held from March 12-14, 2025, in Rome, Italy. The competition, hosted at Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway, brought together law students from Europe and the Uni more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Courts, Congress and the Constitution Q: What are "universal injunctions?" A: An injunction is a court order requiring someone to do or stop doing a specific action. Temporary restraining orders (TRO) are similar to injunctions but are short term, unappealable orders from the court directing someone to take or not take some action until the court can review more fully. Historically, injunc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following written testimony by David Saperstein, director emeritus of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, from a March 27, 2025, hearing entitled "Antisemitic Disruptions on Campus: Ensuring Safe Learning Environments for All Students": * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, Distinguished Members of this important committee, I am a rabbi who for decades represented the largest de more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following testimony by Gabe Rottman, vice president of policy at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, from a March 25, 2025, hearing entitled "The Censorship Industrial Complex": * * * Chairman Schmitt, Ranking Member Welch, and Members of the Subcommittee: My name is Gabe Rottman, and I am the vice president of policy at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Founded in 1970, the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following statement by the Division of Corporation Finance: * * * Statement on Stablecoins Division of Corporation Finance Introduction As part of an effort to provide greater clarity on the application of the federal securities laws to crypto assets,[1] the Division of Corporation Finance is providing its views[2] on certain types of crypto assets commonly referred to as "stablecoins." Specifically, this statement add more PR

IRVINE, California, April 5 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * Study reveals partisan divide in perceptions of Ford-Kavanaugh hearings UC Irvine researchers stress need for understanding political divisions Irvine, Calif., April 3, 2025 - A newly published study in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin provides insight into how Democrats and Republicans viewed the 2018 Senate hearings on sexual assault allegations against t more PR