LONDON, England, Oct. 24 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued the following news release: * * * Appointment of the Deputy President of the Supreme Court * His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of the Right Hon Lord Sales as Deputy President of the Supreme Court. Lord Sales will succeed the Right Hon Lord Hodge as Deputy President of the Supreme Court who is retiring at the end of December, and he will take up this post in January 2026. The role of Deputy President of more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Urges Supreme Court to Restore Order to Californian and Global Economies, Declare President's Imposition of Tariffs Under IEEPA Illegal * OAKLAND California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump, opposing the Trump Administration's persistent efforts to  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 24 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brenna Bird Leads Support for President Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship * DES MOINESAttorney General Brenna Bird announced today she is co-leading a coalition of 24 states in support of President Trump's birthright citizenship policy. On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order to stop birthright citizenship for illegal immigra more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-Alabama Calls on State to Drop Execution by Nitrogen Gas After Latest 'Horrific' Death * Muslim civil rights and advocacy group commends Supreme Court dissent and reiterates call for suspension of death penalty due to risk of wrongful convictions and evidence of racial disparities in application. The Alabama office of the Council on American-Islamic Relati more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * A conversation with BakerHostetler's Andrew Grossman (Part 1 of 2) The attorney and think-tank fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the increased scrutiny of the nonprofit sector, the potential effects of that scrutiny on civil society, the Trump administration's recently reported plans to enhance the IRS's criminal-investigative division, and the potential effects of that enhanceme more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Court Rules New York Must Implement State Climate Law and Deliver Swift Action * ( ALBANY, New York - October 24, 2025 ) Today, the Albany County Supreme Court issued a decision in a case brought against New York State for delaying regulations under the State's landmark 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA or "Climate Act"). The decision grants a petitio more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 25 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * 'Secularist' Okla. superintendent has 'no plans' to distribute bibles in schools The FFRF Action Fund names newly appointed Oklahoma Superintendent Lindel Fields as its "Secularist of the Week" for reversing the  more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- The Foundation for Economic Education issued the following commentary: * * * Obamacare Was Never Affordable ACA was a costly illusion. By Gary M. Galles The focus of the current government shutdown circus has increasingly narrowed to Democrat demands to undo proposed reductions in very large, supposedly temporary, Covid-era Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) subsidy boosts. A major part of their public push is the claim that they are trying to save citizens money more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 25 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * Goldwater to Supreme Court: Strike Down Unconstitutional Tariffs By Timothy Sandefur The Goldwater Institute joined forces with our friends at the North Carolina-based John Locke Foundation and the Dallas Market Center today to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs. Coming only days after the Wall Street Journal reported that the White House is "q more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy Statement on Ending of Canada Trade Talks * Congressman Tim Kennedy, Co-Chair of the Northern Border Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's announcement that the United States will end all trade talks with Canada: "President Trump's impulsive decision to end trade discussions with Canada shows how unserious he is about fixing our broken econ more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MSNBC: "WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE HEALTHCARE CRISIS THAT'S CRUSHING PEOPLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Weeknight, where he emphasized that while Republicans remain on vacation, Democrats will continue to work to end the Republican government shutdown and the healthcare crisis devastating everyday Americans ac more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MSNBC: "WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE HEALTHCARE CRISIS THAT'S CRUSHING PEOPLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Weeknight, where he emphasized that while Republicans remain on vacation, Democrats will continue to work to end the Republican government shutdown and the healthcare crisis devastating everyday Americans across the country. ALICIA more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 24 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Louisiana Supreme Court reverses and remands to First Circuit to consider whether murderer Dale Craig should be sentenced to life without parole * In a 6 to 1 ruling today, members of the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that the First Circuit erred in dismissing the State's appeal of the resentencing of Dale Craig, to a life with the opportunity of parole sentence. The State will now be a more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Oct. 24, 2025, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * What's the Future of Racial Gerrymandering? By John Ketcham The problem lies not with the statute but with Thornburg v. Gingles's (1986) framework for vote dilution. "Justices Question Election Maps' Use of Race" (Page One, Oct. 16) suggests that the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais could weaken the Voting Rights Act. The problem lies more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Massie Introduces Patent Reform Legislation Restoring "First to Invent" Protection to Inventors * WASHINGTON, D.C.- Representative Thomas Massie announces the introduction of patent reform legislation designed to restore to Americans a patent system "as the Constitution of the United States originally envisioned it." Massie's legislation, HR 5811, the Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation A more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Sanders, Booker Warn SCORE Act's Antitrust Exemption Is A Giveaway to The NCAA, Call For Legislation That Puts College Athletes First * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Scie more PR

MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 25 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * Modernizing Justice: SC's Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations Marks Third Year of Progress The Supreme Court (SC) marked the third anniversary of its Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations 2022-2027 (SPJI), reaffirming its commitment to a responsive, accessible, and technology-driven Judiciary. Launched under the leadership of Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo, the SPJI continu more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Files Amicus Brief in Support of Restoring the President's Authority Over the Executive Branch * Schmitt Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Humphrey's Executor WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging the Court to overturn Humphrey's Executor and restore the Presid more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: * * * Tennessee Attorney General Challenges Birthright Citizenship in the United States Supreme Court * NASHVILLE Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, joined by attorneys general from Iowa and 23 other states, filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court today, urging the Court to clarify that the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause does not provide automatic  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * WLF Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Presidential Tariffs * (Washington, DC) Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm two lower court decisions enjoining tariffs imposed by President Trump in Learning Resources v. Trump / V.O.S. v. Trump. The case arises from a series of executive orders that claim the International Emergency Economic  more PR