SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 13 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT GRANTS The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission), and the Access to Justice Division of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) have launched the application process for a grant initiative and are extending invitations to join their network of court personnel wh more PR

NEW YORK, May 12 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * ACLU Urges Appeals Court to Reverse Dismissal of Case Challenging Deprival of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder PHILADELPHIA - The American Civil Liberties Union, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and the ACLU of Pennsylvania ha more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Center for American Progress has released a report titled "Trump's First 100 Days: Creating an Imperial Presidency That Harms Americans," alleging that President Trump is aggressively dismantling constitutional and legal guardrails to establish an authoritarian presidency. The report, issued on April 24, 2025, argues that Trump's actions in his second term far exceed those of his first, undermining the system of checks and balances and concentrating power in t more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, May 12 [Category: Business] -- Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting a progressive future, posted the following news: * * * Chamber of Progress Launches "Progress Defense Fund" Litigation Initiative With state and federal policymakers enacting a growing number of technology laws that violate the Constitution or federal statute, Chamber of Progress today launched Progress Defense Fund, a new initiative to bring litigation against laws tha more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Conference of State Bank Supervisors issued the following news release: * * * Federal Agencies Should Address Regulatory Barriers Washington, D.C. - The federal financial regulatory agencies have a prime opportunity to address unnecessary, unlawful, or unduly burdensome regulations, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) outlined in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget. CSBS highlighted several regulations that the federal financial regulatory ag more PR

LONDON, England, May 12 [Category: BizMedia] -- The National Union of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Death of leading legal journalist Aodhan O'Faolain Warm tributes have been paid to lrish legal journalist Aodhan O 'Faolain, who reported on High Court, Appeal Court and Supreme Court cases in Dublin for almost all national news organisations following his untimely death. Aodhan was a lifelong and committed member of the NUJ. Aodhan (50) died on Friday 9 May at St Vincent's Uni more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news: * * * DOJ argues Harper, Otsuka can be removed at will by president The Department of Justice--on behalf of the NCUA--filed its opposition to the legal challenge from ousted NCUA board members Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka late Friday. Harper and Otsuka were dismissed by President Donald Trump April 16, and filed a lawsuit April 28 seeking to be reinstated and nullify any agency actions take more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * Economic Liberties Files Amicus Brief In Google Search Remedies Case, Warning Against Efforts to Water Down an Effective Remedy For Google's Illegal Conduct Washington, D.C. -- On May 9, the American Economic Liberties Project filed an amicus brief in United States, et al. v. Google, LLC (the "Google Search" illegal monopolization case), where Judge Amit Mehta of the more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The ERISA Industry Committee issued the following statement on May 12, 2025: * * * ERIC Applauds OMB Effort to Cut Cumbersome, Outdated Regulations Washington, D.C., May 12, 2025 - The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today submitted recommendations to The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in response to its "Request for Information: Deregulation." This Request for Information (RFI) from OMB asks for submissions to identify, "regulations that stifle American businesse more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45327) on March 18, 2025, entitled "Public Safety Officers' Benefits and Public Safety Officers' Educational Assistance Programs" by disability policy analyst Scott D. Szymendera: * * * SUMMARY The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Statement on House Republicans' Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood, Slash Medicaid and Kick 13.7 Million Americans Off Their Health Care Former HELP Chair Murray has successfully beaten back Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood going back decades Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health, Education,  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 12 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * This Women's Health Week, Remember Jason Miyares Wants to Restrict Virginians' Access to Reproductive Health Care # This Women's Health Week, remember that Attorney General Jason Miyares has an extreme record of opposing reproductive rights: * As one of his first acts in office, Miyares urged the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and withdrew Virginia from a legal brief with 23 other  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: Democrats Draw Up Familiar Play: Obstruction, Division, Distraction Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Mr. President, before I begin, I want to mention longtime Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who died on Thursday. "My thought more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, May 13 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: * * * A freedom shared by all: Eugene Volokh on the Press Clause Eugene Volokh, the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law Emeritus at UCLA School of Law and Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, has spent decades examining First Amendment jurisprudence. In a recent article published in the Journal of Free Speech Law titled "The Press Cl more PR