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Supreme Court Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for 2025-08-19 ( 18 items )  
6 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Listed in 2025 IAM Strategy 300 Guide for Leading IP Strategists (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * 6 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Listed in 2025 IAM Strategy 300 Guide for Leading IP Strategists * BOSTON - Aug. 18, 2025 - Six shareholders from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP are recognized in the 2025 edition of the Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Strategy 300: The World's Leading IP Strategists. According to the publication, the IAM Strategy 300 identifi more PR

Attorney General Alan Wilson issues Parental Rights Guide (10)
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 18 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson issues Parental Rights Guide * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson today released the 2025-2026 Parental Rights Guide, equipping parents with key federal, state, and local laws. Last week, a federal court ruling allowed bathroom access to a transgender student in violation of a South Carolina law. The office is currently examining the next more PR

Attorney General Raul Torrez Petitions New Mexico Supreme Court to Consider Removal of Eleventh Judicial District Attorney Bernadine Martin (10)
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 18 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Raul Torrez Petitions New Mexico Supreme Court to Consider Removal of Eleventh Judicial District Attorney Bernadine Martin * Santa Fe, NM - Today, Attorney General Raul Torrez filed a petition with the New Mexico Supreme Court to consider removal of Eleventh Judicial District Attorney Bernadine Martin. The filing follows a request from Governor Michelle Lujan Gri more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Judge Rules 'Omnibus Bill' Rammed Through in 2024 Unconstitutional (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 19 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Aug. 18, 2025: * * * Judge rules "omnibus bill" rammed through in 2024 unconstitutional By John Phelan In May last year, I wrote about how: ...the DFL, in scenes that would embarrass a banana republic, [rammed] through a 1,400 page Omnibus Bill that nobody had read and was blocking any debate on the more PR

CNN's Nick Watt Reports in "Sports Betting: America's Big Gamble" for The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 18 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * CNN's Nick Watt Reports in "Sports Betting: America's Big Gamble" for The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper * August 18th, 2025 EPISODE PREMIERES SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 AT 10PM ET/PT NEW YORK, NY - (August 18, 2025) - The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, a five-time Emmy(r) Award-winning CNN Original, returns with an incisive look at the now booming sports gambling industry in America. "Sports Betting: Amer more PR

Congressman Taylor Introduces Pro-Family Bill Upholding Parental Rights (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Taylor Introduces Pro-Family Bill Upholding Parental Rights * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02), Rep. Bob Onder (MO-03), and Rep. Mark Harris (NC-08) introduced the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act last week, which protects children and upholds parental rights by prohibiting the transportation of minors across state lines to receive an abortion without following th more PR

Estate & Gift Tax - An Overview Topic of CRS Report (Part 1 of 2) (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48183) on July 14, 2025, entitled "The Estate and Gift Tax: An Overview" by economic policy senior specialist Jane G. Gravelle. Here are excerpts: * * * The estate tax is imposed on bequests at death, whereas the gift tax applies to inter vivos (during life) gifts. A certain amount of combined estates and gifts - recently set at $15 million by P.L. 119-21 (commonly known as the One Big Beauti more PR

FFRF denounces Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick's threat to expel citizens for not joining prayer (10)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 18 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF denounces Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick's threat to expel citizens for not joining prayer * The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to retract a recent unconstitutional threat to eject citizens from the state Senate chamber if they do not stand during official prayers. During the Senate's Aug. 15 session, Sen. Angela Paxton de more PR

Fourth Circuit Vacates Injunction in NARFE Lawsuit Challenging Privacy Act Violation (10)
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 18 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Fourth Circuit Vacates Injunction in NARFE Lawsuit Challenging Privacy Act Violation * Last week, the Fourth Circuit issued a decision in NARFE's and co-plaintiffs' lawsuit ( AFT v. Bessent ) challenging access by certain affiliates of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to the personal data of federal retirees more PR

ICYMI: NEW STUDY WARNS OF WIDESPREAD HARM OF 'DEFUNDING' PLANNED PARENTHOOD (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (TNSjou) -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: NEW STUDY WARNS OF WIDESPREAD HARM OF "DEFUNDING" PLANNED PARENTHOOD NEW YORK, NY -- A new paper (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2837601) published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that blocking Planned Parenthood health centers from Medicaid reimbursement would leave millions without access to essential health ser more PR

ICYMI: Rebecca Bradley, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court's Extreme, Right-Wing Junket Justice (10)
MONONA, Wisconsin, Aug. 18 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rebecca Bradley, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court's Extreme, Right-Wing Junket Justice * MADISON, Wis. -- Rebecca Bradley, the Wisconsin Supreme Court's most vitriolic and extreme justice, doesn't just carry the right-wing's ideological water on the bench, she also takes a lot of vacations on their di more PR

Latest Tariff Developments (10)
HERNDON, Virginia, Aug. 18 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * Latest Tariff Developments * To see a comprehensive list of what tariffs are currently enacted, view our tariff tracker chart, which provides an easy-to-read overview of tariff impacts by country. View the Tariff Tracker Tariff Letters and Deals Below is an update of ongoing deals that have been announced so far. It is important to note that there are more details to co more PR

Military Medicine Takes a Leap Forward in the Indo-Pacific Through Adoption of a Governance Model (10)
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: * * * Military medicine takes a leap forward in the Indo-Pacific through adoption of a governance model The resulting framework will help the two organizations combine the separate missions of health care and medical readiness into an integrated process, enhancing both access to health care for patients and medical readiness for soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. By Christopher Perrine, Defense Health Age more PR

Over-the-counter Pill Boosts Access to Contraception, OHSU Study Finds (10)
PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 19 (TNSjou) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Over-the-counter pill boosts access to contraception, OHSU study finds Nationwide study documents 31% percentage point increase in people shifting from no birth control to the over-the-counter oral contraceptive UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect the study covered people surveyed in 49 states. By Erik Robinson Two years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the s more PR

Prepared remarks: The Foundations of Effective Governance, Innovation, and Economic Growth (August 17, 2025) (10)
DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 18 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Prepared remarks: The Foundations of Effective Governance, Innovation, and Economic Growth (August 17, 2025) * Remarks delivered at the Technology Policy Institute on August 17, 2025 The American experiment in democratic governance and a free enterprise economy--subject to responsible public oversight--remains a work in progress. In my remarks today, I will highlight a few pillars o more PR

United States Senate Youth Program Co-Chairs Katie Britt and Ed Markey Announce the 2026 USSYP Application Opening (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * United States Senate Youth Program Co-Chairs Katie Britt and Ed Markey Announce the 2026 USSYP Application Opening * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), co-chairs of the United States Senate Youth Program, are pleased to announce that Departments of Education from each state nationwide are accepting applications for the 64 th annual Washington Week to b more PR

Universal Service Fund & Related FCC Broadband Programs - Overview & Considerations for Congress Topic of CRS Report (Part 1 of 2) (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47621) on July 1, 2025, entitled "The Universal Service Fund and Related FCC Broadband Programs: Overview and Considerations for Congress" by Patricia Moloney Figliola, internet and telecommunications policy specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Universal service is the principle that all Americans should have access to communications services. It is the cornerstone of the Communicati more PR

Universal Service Fund & Related FCC Broadband Programs - Overview & Considerations for Congress Topic of CRS Report (Part 2 of 2) (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47621) on July 1, 2025, entitled "The Universal Service Fund and Related FCC Broadband Programs - Overview and Considerations for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Lifeline Programs Through the Lifeline Program, the FCC provides subsidies to broadband service providers to cover monthly subscription discounts for qualified consumers or households. Eligibility is limited to one ben more PR