HOUSTON, Texas, July 3 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas issued the following news release on July 2, 2025: * * * Texas Families Sue to Block Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Every Public School Classroom SAN ANTONIO -- Sixteen Texas families of different religious and nonreligious backgrounds filed suit in federal court today to block a new state law requiring all public elementary and secondary schools to display a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom. more PR

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, July 4 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release on July 3, 2025: * * * US Supreme Court to hear women's sports cases West Virginia, Idaho, along with ADF attorneys, are asking high court to protect female athletes * WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear two cases concerning state laws that protect women's sports. The states of West Virginia and  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, July 2 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Leads Multistate Effort Urging Courts to Preserve Humanitarian Parole for Over Half a Million Immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela * Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 17 other state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Doe v. Noem, urging the Court to uphold  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Capitol Hill Report, 07-03-2025 * Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE. Topics include: One Big Beautiful Bill, Farmer and Renewable Fuel Benefits, Codifying Executive Orders, Supreme Court Denying Prop 12 Challenge and Biden's Autopen. *** Original text here: https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/capitol-hill-report-07-03-2025 more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, July 4 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on July 3, 2025: * * * What does the Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ+ curriculum mean for Minnesota? By Catrin Wigfall The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor last week found that a Maryland public school district violated the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause by refusing to let parents opt more PR

MIAMI, Florida, July 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig's Jake Evans Selected for French-American Foundation's Young Leaders Program * ATLANTA - July 3, 2025 - Jake Evans, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP 's Atlanta Litigation Practice, was selected for the 2025 French-American Foundation (FAF) Young Leaders Program. The prestigious 44-year-old program - which identifies promising prof more PR

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on July 3, 2025: * * * Supreme Court's Ruling Endangers the Rule of Law, Lives of Eight People In response to today's ruling by the Supreme Court, which allows the government to send eight men currently in Djibouti to war-torn South Sudan despite their hailing from other nations, Human Rights Fist's Anwen Hughes said the following: "The Supreme Court here rewards the government's serial violations of a lower court order that more PR

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies issued the following statement on July 3, 2025: * * * Joint Center Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Universal Service Fund Programs In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) administration of the Universal Service Fund (USF), the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies issued the following statement applauding the deci more PR

NEW YORK, July 3 [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: * * * Judge Issues Preliminary Injunctions Again Blocking Missouri's Abortion Bans, Some Restrictions * Kansas City, Mo. - A Jackson County circuit court judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of Missouri's abortion bans more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 3 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Effort Urging Courts to Preserve Humanitarian Parole for Over Half a Million Immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, And Venezuela BALTIMORE, MD (July 3, 2025) - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Doe v. Noem, urging the more PR

MANILA, Philippines, July 3 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC: Acknowledgment Receipt Must Show Intent to Transfer Ownership to Qualify as Sale The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that an acknowledgment receipt cannot be considered a contract of sale unless it clearly shows that the seller intends to transfer ownership of the property to the buyer. In a decision written by Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, the SC's Third Division ruled more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 3 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Pittsburgh-Area Coca-Cola Driver Slams Teamsters With Federal Charges for Threatening Firing Over Refusal to Fund Union Politics * Worker's case seeks to change federal standards so that union bosses must convince workers to 'opt-in' to supporting union politics Pittsburgh, PA (July 3, 2025) - Josh Hammaker, a driver for ABARTA Coca-Cola's Houston, PA, distribution more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release: * * * SALDEF Responds to Executive Order Undermining Birthright Citizenship Earlier this year, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) that would restrict birthright citizenship based on the documentation status of a child's parents, but the EO was challenged and temporarily blocked by lower courts. In Trump v. Casa, the Supreme Court did not rule on the legality of changing the  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued the following news: * * * Texas families sue to block Texas Ten Commandments law SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- On the eve of Independence Day, a group of 16 multifaith and nonreligious Texas families filed suit in federal court today to protect church-state separation, a pillar of American democracy. Their lawsuit urges the court to block a new Texas Ten Commandments law requiring all public elementary and secondary scho more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * U.S. Supreme Court Grants Gibson Dunn Pro Bono Team's Petition for Certiorari in First Amendment Case * The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a Gibson Dunn pro bono team's petition for certiorari in Olivier v. City of Brandon et al., a civil rights case in which our team was supported by a diverse coalition of 11 amicus briefs. Gabriel Olivier, an evangelical Chr more PR

PLANO, Texas, July 3 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case Regarding Mississippi Man Blocked from Suing City Over Civil Rights Violation * Washington, D.C. --The Supreme Court of the United States announced today that it will hear oral argument in the case of Gabriel Olivier who was barred by a lower court from challengi more PR

BOISE, Idaho, July 3 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * US Supreme Court to Hear Idaho's Case Protecting Women's Sports BOISE -- Attorney General Raul Labrador announced today that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Idaho's case to protect women's sports from biological males. The Court will review Little v. Hecox, where Attorney General Labrador is defending Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act after the Ninth Circuit blocked enforcement  more PR