CHICAGO, Illinois, May 7 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois issued the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * Transgender Federal Worker Challenges Trump's Federal Bathroom Ban WASHINGTON - A civilian employee of the Illinois National Guard has filed a class action complaint to the Army National Guard Bureau Equal Opportunity Office (NGB-EO) challenging a Trump administration policy prohibiting transgender federal employees from using restrooms and other accommodations al more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 6 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends Second Amendment, urges Supreme Court to hear key gun rights case (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined 26 states and the Arizona Legislature in filing a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Wolford v. Lopez, a major Second Amendment case out of Hawaii. The brief, led by Montana and more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Consortium for School Networking issued the following news on May 6, 2025: * * * CoSN Releases 2025 State of EdTech District Leadership Report Key Findings Highlight Expanding Role of EdTech Leaders Amid Rising AI, Cybersecurity and Connectivity Challenges CoSN today released its 2025 State of EdTech District Leadership report, offering critical insights into the evolving roles and responsibilities of K-12 EdTech leaders across the country. Now in its twelfth year, t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release: * * * Do We Have to Take Refugees? IRLI shows Trump can bar their entry President Trump has made a proclamation barring the entry of all refugees into the United States (with any exceptions to be decided case-by-case). Following a lawsuit by refugee resettlement organizations, the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals showing the lawfulness of more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * DOJ Commits to Breaking Up Google Adtech Monopoly; Google Proposes to Rig Ad Auctions a Little Less, Temporarily Washington, D.C. -- Following the filing of initial remedies proposals in the US v. Google "adtech" remedies proceedings-- which will determine how to reopen the market for online advertising technology services to competition after a decade and a half of G more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Urges AG Bondi, FBI Director Patel To Investigate Threats Against Federal Judges As They Continue To Receive Anonymous Deliveries As An Intimidation Tactic May 06, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter today to U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel urging them to investi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * Durbin Urges AG Bondi, FBI Director Patel To Investigate Threats Against Federal Judges As They Continue To Receive Anonymous Deliveries As An Intimidation Tactic WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter today to U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- Fox Rothschild, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Elizabeth Brooks Scherer and Matthew Nis Leerberg Release Third Edition of North Carolina Appellate Law Treatise Fox Rothschild attorneys Elizabeth Brooks Scherer and Matthew Nis Leerberg, both North Carolina Board Certified Specialists in Appellate Practice, have announced the third release of their legal treatise, North Carolina Appellate Practice and Procedure. The updated edition, pu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Rules in Favor of Voters in North Carolina Post-Election Disenfranchisement Case Raleigh, NC -- In a sweeping decision issued yesterday evening, Chief Judge Richard E. Myers II of the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled that attempts to retroactively change the rules of the 2024 election and throw out lawful ballots violated voters' consti more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Announces Legislation to Protect Access to Mifepristone The Stop Comstock Act would repeal an 1873 law that could be misused to limit abortion access in New Mexico WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) co-sponsored the Stop Comstock Act, legislation to repeal the Comstock Act, an arcane 1873 law that anti-choice extremists have threatened to invoke as a backdoor means to  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * HHS' Civil Rights Office Clarifies Race-Based Prohibitions for Medical Schools to Advance Values of Initiative, Hard Work, and Excellence Guidance Addresses Federal Prohibitions on Explicit and Pretextual Race-Based Discrimination and Transparently Identifies Investigation Priorities Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) clarif more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman on MeidasTouch Podcast Perryman: "There's been a lot of trampling on people's rights. And so we're filing a lot of cases, but we've really been able to make a difference." Washington, D.C. - Th more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 7 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: MTDems Thwart MTGOP Efforts to Create Partisan Judicial Elections in Montana This Session Helena, MT- The Daily Montanan is reporting this week that Montana's GOP lawmakers were unsuccessful in peddling their sham "judicial reform" bills in the 2025 session, including legislation that would have required state Supreme Court justices be elected on a partisan basis. MTGOP lawmakers prioritize more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release: * * * Birthright Citizenship Challenge Goes to the First Circuit IRLI shows lower court was wrong to block Trump's executive order The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in a case in which activist groups claim that President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship is unconstitutional on its face, and that ch more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The National Association of Black Journalists posted the following joint statement: * * * Joint statement of journalist-support organizations on government attacks on press freedom Fair, accurate and independent reporting is essential to a functioning democracy. Without it, corruption and misinformation flourish. As organizations that champion journalists and the public's right to know, we strongly condemn the campaign underway in Washington to penalize independent report more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * Justice Denied: Supreme Court Allows Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban to Take Effect Lambda Legal and Human Rights Campaign Foundation responded with the following statement: "Today's Supreme Court ruling is a devastating blow to transgender servicemembers who have demonstrated their capabilities and commitment to our nation's defense. By allowing this discriminatory ban to t more PR

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, May 7 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted a motion to admit three California-based attorneys to represent the Sierra Club in a case involving Kentucky Utilities Company and Louisville Gas and Electric Company. According to the PSC order, attorneys Tony Mendoza, Nathaniel Shoaff, and Joshua Smith will be allowed to practice pro hac vice. Pro hac vice is a legal term meaning "for this particular occasion," referring to the practice of allowing an attor more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11305) on May 5, 2025, by legislative attorney Milan N. Ball: * * * Hobby Distillers Association v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau: The Limits on Taxing Schemes to Regulate Behavior On July 10, 2024, in Hobby Distillers Association v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted the Hobby Distillers Association more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 7 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bailey Files Groundbreaking Rule to End Big Tech's Censorship Monopoly and Protect Online Free Speech JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today announced the filing of a first-in-the-nation rule under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act that targets corporate censorship and secures freedom of expression for social media users. The  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance issued the following news release: * * * NCLA Opposes Transfer of Expanded Lawsuit Against Trump Administration's Unlawful Tariffs The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an Amended Complaint today adding several Plaintiffs to the Simplified v. Trump, et al. lawsuit against President Trump's attempt to rely on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs on imports from all U.S. trading partners. The Amended Com more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 7 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release: * * * President Trump Names Two Members of Missouri Attorney General Offices Team to Serve as Federal Judgeships JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In a historic first for President Donald J. Trump's 2025 judicial nominations, two attorneys from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's Office have been nominated to serve as federal judges on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Mis more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Glenn F. Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following floor remarks on May 5, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today not just with concern, but with alarm. In his first 100 days back in the White House, Donald Trump has unleashed a full-blown assault on America, on our institutions, on our workers, on the rule of law, and on democracy itself. This is not le more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Ted Lieu, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * REPS LIEU, JACOBS, SCHOLTEN, FROST AND ROSS REINTRODUCE REPRODUCTIVE DATA PRIVACY PROTECTION BILL WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL), and Congressman Deborah Ross (D-NC) reintroduced the Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection Act. This legislation would prevent law more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following statement on May 6, 2025: * * * Small Businesses Respond to DOL's Independent Contractor Announcement Department of Labor's 2024 final rule complicated independent contractor classification for small businesses WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 6, 2025) - The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation's leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement regarding the U. more PR

ROSWELL, Georgia, May 6 -- The Southeastern Legal Foundation issued the following news release on May 5, 2025: * * * Southeastern Legal Foundation and Mountain States Legal Foundation demand SCOTUS recognize continued racial discrimination against farmers Today, Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) and Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF), two organizations that litigate to defend your constitutional rights, filed a petition with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) asking the co more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 7 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UROC showcases undergraduate research Conference guides students through the professional research process Every year, University of New Mexico undergraduate students work with faculty on their research topic of choice during the annual Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (UROC). UROC is a professional research conference that spotlights undergraduate research. This year's event was held more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 6 -- Frantz Ward, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Upcoming Changes to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, and Civil Procedure Gregory R. Farkas recently outlined upcoming amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, and Civil Procedure, in an article published in the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys' (OACTA) Spring 2025 edition of the quarterly newsletter, The Update. The article, "Long, Strange Trips: Upcoming Changes to the Fe more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Victory for North Carolina Voters: All Challenged Ballots in Contested Supreme Court Race Must be Counted Raleigh, NC -- Yesterday, military and overseas voters won a key victory in the ongoing legal battle over the race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. The court ruled that the election was conducted freely and fairly -- ordering that the thousands of ballots challenged more PR