WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Accountable.US and Rep. Johnson Call For Justice Thomas' Recusal in Religious Charter School Case After New Research Reveals Close Ties to Key Advocate WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Accountable.US called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from the upcoming case Okla more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 24 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-AL Applauds Senate for Voting 30-0 to Move Judicial Deference Bill Forward, Ensuring Courts Are Not Undermined by State Agencies # Apr 24, 2025 by AFP Montgomery, AL --Following the 2024 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Chevron doctrine that required judges to defer to the opinion of unelected bureaucrats at administrative more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Sues the Judicial Conference of the United States and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to Expose Leftist Lawfare and Enforce Oversight and Accountability WASHINGTON, D.C. - America First Legal (AFL) has filed a lawsuit against the Judicial Conference of the United States (Judicial Conference) and the Administrative Of more PR

NEW YORK, April 25 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release: * * * Executive Order Rolls Back Decades of Civil Rights Progress, Says LatinoJustice The Trump administration has issued an executive order "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy," aimed at eliminating the use of disparate-impact liability in federal civil rights enforcement. In light of this news, LatinoJustice PRLDEF released the following statement that can be attributed to Lourdes M. Rosado, Pre more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 25 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU to celebrate resilience, record-breaking graduating class at spring commencement By Amy Farnum-Patronis and Patty Cox Florida State University will celebrate remembrance, resilience and achievement as its largest graduating class in history receives degrees during Spring 2025 commencement, just days after a campus shooting that claimed two lives and injured six others. Six ceremonies will take pla more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Democratic Senate Colleagues Demand President Trump Comply with Supreme Court Order to Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Uphold Immigrants' Right to Due Process Senators: "Our laws also do not allow you to send individuals from U.S. soil to El Salvador without due process" WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and 25 of his Democratic Senate colleagues recently sent a letter t more PR

BOISE, Idaho, April 25 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * AG Labrador Joins Coalition Supporting the Creation of Second Amendment Task Force BOISE - Attorney General Raul Labrador joined attorneys general from 26 states in a letter to Attorney General Pamela Bondi in support of the creation of the Second Amendment Task Force. "The Second Amendment is not aspirational--it is a binding constitutional guarantee written by the Founders to secure  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Colleagues Demand Trump Rescind Threat to Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens to El Salvador Prison WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, (D-VA) and 25 of his Senate colleagues demanded in a letter to President Donald Trump that he immediately rescind the illegal and dangerous claim that he may trans more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 25 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Murrill supports Second Amendment Task Force Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a coalition of 26 attorneys general in supporting the Trump Administration's creation of the Second Amendment Task Force, spearheaded by Attorney General Pam Bondi. In a letter to Attorney General Bondi, led by West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, the coalition praised th more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 25 -- Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on April 24, 2025: * * * Governor Kehoe Signs Two Bills Supporting Efficiency, Structure, and Fairness in Civic and Legal Processes Jefferson City -- Today, in a move that underscores his commitment to both the protection of individual rights and legal efficiency, Governor Mike Kehoe signed into law two pieces of legislation: Senate Bills (SB) 22 and 47. "While these bills differ in subject m more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Brown v. Board of Education NHP hosts Naturalization Ceremony April 24, 2025 TOPEKA, Kan. - The National Park Service (NPS) hosted a Naturalization Ceremony April 24, 2025, in collaboration with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services (USCIS) and the U.S. District Courts. The event was held in the auditorium at Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park, f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following news release: * * * NFIB Urges U.S. Court of Appeals to Reject NLRB's Cemex Standard Brown-Forman v. NLRB considers the standards for ordering workplace bargaining agreements WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 24, 2025) - NFIB joined an amicus brief in the case Brown-Forman Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The case concerns the National Labor Rela more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 25 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Nutter Securities Enforcement Practice Achieves Trial Win against SEC for Financial Advisory Firm Cutter Financial Group A Nutter trial team received a jury verdict in their favor for Nutter's client, Cutter Financial Group LLC (CFG), in a civil litigation trial with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The jury found that CFG and its president and founder, Jeffrey Cutter, did not eng more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Oak Flat Appraisals Reveal Sweetheart Deal to Resolution Copper TUCSON-- Two years after a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Forest Service this week released the appraisals for the proposed Oak Flat land exchange and mine project in Arizona. As expected, the appraisals show that if a planned land exchange moves forward Resolution Copper would recei more PR

NEW YORK, April 24 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams, NYPD Commissioner Tisch, Community Leaders and Activists Destroy 3,575 Seized Illegal Firearms, Furthering Mission to end Gun Violence and Keep New Yorkers Safe April 24, 2025 Adel Omrani, President, Reworld, East Region: I'm Adel Omrani, I'm the president of Reworld's East region here, and I'm very privileged and happy to welcome everybody here, especially Mayor Adams, deputy mayo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Flying Tonight from White House to Trump Virginia Golf Club for Another Million Dollar-a-Plate Candlelight Dinner SuperPAC Fundraiser WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump and the White House should release the guest list for the Million-Dollar-a-Plate candlelight dinner the president is hosting at his private golf club in Leesburg, Virginia tonight. The President's daily schedule more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11290) on April 23, 2025, by attorney-adviser Brandon J. Murrill: * * * The Twenty-Sixth Amendment and Reduction of the Voting Age (Part 5): Congressional Debates This Legal Sidebar post is the fifth in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the federal and state governments from denying or abridging, on the basis of age, t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11289) on April 23, 2025, by attorney-adviser Brandon J. Murrill: * * * The Twenty-Sixth Amendment and Reduction of the Voting Age (Part 4): Early Congressional Action This Legal Sidebar post is the fourth in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the federal and state governments from denying or abridging, on the basis of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11287) on April 23, 2025, by attorney-adviser Brandon J. Murrill: * * * The Twenty-Sixth Amendment and Reduction of the Voting Age (Part 2): History of Voter Age Qualifications This Legal Sidebar post is the second in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the federal and state governments from denying or abridging, on the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11286) on April 23, 2025, by attorney-adviser Brandon J. Murrill: * * * The Twenty-Sixth Amendment and Reduction of the Voting Age (Part 1): Introduction This Legal Sidebar post is the first in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the federal and state governments from denying or abridging, on the basis of age, the v more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11291) on April 23, 2025, by attorney-adviser Brandon J. Murrill: * * * The Twenty-Sixth Amendment and Reduction of the Voting Age (Part 6): Unresolved Issues This Legal Sidebar post is the last in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the federal and state governments from denying or abridging, on the basis of age, the vo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11288) on April 23, 2025, by attorney-adviser Brandon J. Murrill: * * * The Twenty-Sixth Amendment and Reduction of the Voting Age (Part 3): The Vietnam War and Oregon v. Mitchell This Legal Sidebar post is the third in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the federal and state governments from denying or abridging, on th more PR

PLANO, Texas, April 24 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Utah School District Forces Teacher to Remove Prayer Chain from Faculty Lounge Heber City, UT --First Liberty Institute and the law firm Mayer Brown LLP sent a letter to the Wasatch County (UT) School District demanding first grade teacher Taryn Israelson be allowed to post a voluntary prayer  more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 24 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Why journalists need to explain the value of no-cost preventive care Among some lawyers and U.S. Supreme Court observers, a consensus developed Monday that the court will likely uphold a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowing millions of Americans to continue getting no-cost preventive care services. Other lawyers and observers, however, were not so sure.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The National Partnership for Women and Families issued the following news release: * * * Women's Advocacy Groups Join Forces to Denounce EEOC Leader's Hostility Toward LGBTQI+ Rights Statement of the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Women's Law Center WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 24, 2025 - As advocates deeply committed to civil rights and gender justice, the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Women's Law Center denounce t more PR