WASHINGTON, June 2 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Wednesday Challenging Rooftop-Solar Policy * LOS ANGELES-- The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the California Public Utility Commission's decision to significantly slash the credit new solar users get for sharing excess energy with the grid. What : Oral arguments on the legality more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS CONDEMNS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION FOR RACIST IMMIGRATION POLICY WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court granting the Trump Administration's request to revoke humanitarian parole from more than 500,000 immigrants from Cuba more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Earthworks issued the following news release: * * * Montana Supreme Court Supports Ability of Public to Access Documents HELENA, MT -- On Thursday, May 29, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that public access to government documents is so important that the government should have to reimburse court costs when the government illegally denies access to those documents. Ultimately, the Supreme Court overturned part of a 2023 district court decision that found that the public more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * ICYMI: DNC, DSCC, and DCCC File Motion Urging the U.S. Supreme Court to Block Trump and Republicans' Attempts to Buy Elections On Friday, in response to the Trump administration's extraordinary refusal to defend a longstanding federal election law against attacks by national Republicans, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), and D more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Supreme Court Docket 24-25 Term * WASHINGTON (June 2, 2025)- The Supreme Court 24-25 term comes to a close at the end of June, but there's still a variety of cases to still be decided. Lower courts and the Trump administration have added more cases to this term's emergency docket. The Associated Press reported that "Trump administration lawyers have filed emergency appeals with the nation's more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Statement on the Denials of Cert by the U.S. Supreme Court * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, is disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court decision this morning not to hear the appeals in Snope v. Brown and in the NSSF-funded Ocean State Tactical v. Rhode Island cases challenging on Second Amendment grounds Maryland's ban on M more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 3 -- Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: * * * How P-LAW Workshops Tackle Democracy's Toughest Questions By Ambreen Ali In the years following 9/11, Deborah Pearlstein learned a lasting lesson on how to make progress in divisive moments. As the former Supreme Court clerk worked on addressing serious questions of legality in U.S. detention and interrogation operations, she organized an off-the-record workshop more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 3 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * Attorney General Neronha: R.I.'s large capacity magazine ban survives legal challenge after SCOTUS declines review Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today issued the following statement applauding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to deny certiorari for Ocean State Tactical v. Rhode Island. "My Office has always fought to ensure that we have common sense more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 3 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion on June 1, 2025: * * * Marilyn L. Wilson v. The City of Providence, by and through its Treasurer, James J. Lombardi,/1 et al. Present: Suttell, C.J., Goldberg, Robinson, Lynch Prata, and Long, JJ. OPINION Chief Justice Suttell, for the Court. Are surviving spouse death benefits, created by statute, assignable in a property settlement agreement that has been incorporated but not merged into a fina more PR

NEW YORK, June 2 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Milbank LLP, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Supreme Court's Seven County Decision Smooths the Way for Major Building Projects Requiring Federal Approvals * For over half a century, companies that need federal permits, licenses, and approvals for construction and development projects have had to contend with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA requires federal agencies to conduct a detailed environmental review before u more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, June 3 -- The Kansas Supreme Court issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * New virtual self-help center connects Kansans with legal information, resources The Kansas judicial branch has launched a new virtual self-help center for people involved in court cases who are not represented by an attorney.  The website, self-help.kscourts.gov, shares information, forms, and tools to help Kansans with district court processes. "Our goal was to create a reliable ele more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * Walberg, Owens Demand Bowdoin College Comply with Antisemitism Investigation Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bowdoin College demanding disc more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Watchdog: Trump's Latest Judicial Nominees Continue Record of Loyalty to Trump Over the Constitution * WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, President Donald Trump announced his latest slate of judicial nominees as he revives his campaign to capture the courts at every level. Just like Trump's in more PR